WASHINGTON (JTA) — Four progressive House Democrats have written to the secretary of state calling on the United States to cut assistance to Israel should it proceed to annex parts of the West Bank.
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In response, the AIPAC lobby has launched a campaign against the letter initiated by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Betty McCollum of Minnesota.
The letter, AIPAC said Monday on Twitter, “explicitly threatens the U.S.-Israel relationship in ways that would damage American interests, risk the security of Israel & make a two-state solution less likely.”
An action alert urged activists from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to contact their representatives to oppose the letter.
The letter to Mike Pompeo is circulating among Democrats in a bid to add signatures.
“Should the Israeli government move forward with the planned annexation with this administration’s acquiescence, we will work to ensure non-recognition as well as pursue conditions on the $3.8 billion in U.S. military funding to Israel, including human rights conditions and withholding funds for the off-shore procurement of Israeli weapons equal to or exceeding the amount the Israeli government spends annually to fund settlements, as well as the policies and practices that sustain and enable them,” it says, according to a copy obtained by Jewish Insider.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he plans to launch the process to annex parts of the West Bank by July 1. His coalition partner, the Blue and White party, is resisting pressure to move so soon.
Last week, 191 of 233 Democrats in the House signed a letter warning Israel that annexation would endanger peace. AIPAC also opposed that letter, which expressed a commitment to the U.S.-Israel relationship and did not include any threats to aid. The lobby, however, was unable to stop some of the House’s most stalwart pro-Israel Democrats from signing.
Give aid, cut aid __ doesn’t matter.
Israel will grow whatever you creeps and Jew radicals want.
Our Almighty has plenty of funds to help His country and people.
Annex !!.
The four stooges are always trying to blackmail Israel , nothing new here .
It’s no secret that so many Arabs want to live under Israeli Annexation than under the corrupt barbarous PA/Hamas.
Anyway, AOC : Run against Sh***cky .
And explain your stooopid throwing Amazon jobs out of your district.
Should be fun.
May they all be a kaporah for Klal Yisroel & let us say Omein
They are the future of the democrat party, in the next Congress there will be more than 4 of them and the rest of the so called pro Israel Democrats will support and defend them no matter how much Jew hatred they spew.
This is why we vote Republican. The Democratic party is not an option. Period.
yemach sh’mom
Hey ,not so stable fool.
When this dope becomes president , change your country’s name to Cuba.
So when you stocking up on socialist toilet paper with Lenin’s photo ?
So how come Pelosi & Sanders the millionaires , don’t give their money to the people?
How come you don’t either, hypocrite ?
The best way to combat stupidity about Israel is to sponsor a trip. First to Israel, than to Poland and Auschwitz.