Nearly 99 percent of the House voted against an amendment to nix just $500 million in military funding for Israel from the towering $830 billion Pentagon budget bill last week, with just six lawmakers voting for the amendment even as Israel prepares to erect a concentration camp in Gaza to confine Palestinians. For instance, Greene also criticized the House for approving funding for HIV/AIDS assistance for African countries, saying, “I mean can’t they figure that out by now?” Greene also introduced an amendment to bar funds in the Pentagon budget from being used to assist Ukraine amid Russia’s war on the country. In a statement online, Ocasio-Cortez said that she didn’t support the amendment because it would revoke some funding for Israel’s supposed “defensive Iron Dome capabilities.” This argument ignores the longstanding argument from anti-war and pro-Palestine advocates that there is no delineation between “defensive” and “offensive” weapons — especially when it comes to Israel, where weapons systems like the Iron Dome allow Israel to strike other countries with little fear of retaliation.
Author: Sharon Zhang
Published at: 2025-07-21 20:49:15
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