The House of Representatives earlier this week approved a significant increase in the level of military aid to Israel, pushing the level to $3 billion in flat military aid, with an additional $205 million set aside for a short range rocket system.
Both of the increases were already planned as part of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Israel, but were formally approved as part of the 212-206 vote in the House on Wednesday.
Rep. Steve Rothman (D – NJ) said the increase in aid to Israel “sends a strong message to both our enemies and allies,” but also comes at a time when the US has only just abandoned the Israeli peace process over its inability to convince Israel to agree to even a short term freeze.
The failure of the peace talks has led a number of Western nations to react negatively to Israel’s settlement expansions, but it appears that, for the US, the peace process was never more than a side story and remains irrelevant to the question of heavily arming the nation.
whats was the hr number?
The State of Maryland has a budget deficit of 1.6 billion and could use just half of this. But I suppose our 51st state just needs the money more.
Every “representative” who voted for this has committed a criminal act and should be arrested immediately. Nowhere in the constitution does ito authorize foreign aid of any kind, let alone to a terrorist state like Israel. But Americans seem to be fine with living under this lawless rogue state.
Please let me live long enought to be at the head of the mob that burns these congressional Israeli ****** to the ground.
The house action only demonstrates that Israel is truly on life support.
I hope you are right; however, this trend has been ongoing for decades. The disturbing thing here is that the US is willing, able, ready and happy to bestow Israel with its generosity while its own people are homeless, unemployed, hungry and without health insurance. These bastards should all be tried for treason and sent to the gallows.
All this while a lot of Americans have qualified to food stamps. Makes you wonder why the only truth or constant in the American reality is support for shittylittlestan.
No money for Americans who are unemployed but billions for Israel.
These sell-outs can't vote fast enough to pledge their allegience to a foreign country.
It really scares me to see US Jews ripping off taxpayers. Some Jewish economics commentators like Krugman is all for degrading our currency to pay for things via more and more debts but our wild spending overseas is bankrupting the nation. For the Congress to lecture us about cutting spending at home and then to do this is TREASON.
Rep. Steve Rothman (D – NJ) said the increase in aid to Israel “sends a strong message to both our enemies and allies,”…
US Congress now serving Israel first, second, third. Golly it would be nice to see Congress serve these United States of America. Yup and maybe first.
So, Obama takes the F-35's "off the table", and the house turns around and gives the Israelis $3,000,000,000 for military aid. I suppose the Israelis could then spend the $3 billion on F-35's..either way, they'll still get them for FREE……
As we suffer the prostitutes in the house of representative are lining up future reelection funds. What is there to say to those that would provide more military aid to a foreign nation which is already too well armed at the expense of those who have served in our military and now sleep in the gutter because the house of representative will not provide funds for injured veterans? Can any explain to me why the house of representatives has a foreign affair committee. The founding fathers warned us not to get involved in foreign affairs and the house provided a waster of money which only makes a loud mouth from Florida important. She happens to be the correct religion that she will be welcome in the middle east after she wrecks our country.
Let's just fly the israeli flag over all Washington federal buildings and let's incorporate the US budget into the israeli budget so that it's up to the israelis to decide how little the US gets and get this sharade over with.
Any chance any of these 212 israel loving catamites get the hell out of the US and go live in their beloved israel?
What else does this memandum of understanding say, I'm afraid to ask?
tax cuts for the secret police and their nazi vermin swine , Mongolia is attacking the Manchurian canidate again
This then while we have war verterans sleeping in the streets, failing infrastructure, millions unemployed, millions on food stamps, we have to pump-up up the Zionist government. Israhell be damned.
It certainly does "send a strong message"–it says that we'll keep supporting war criminals and barbarians no matter what they do.
I'm all for sending missile systems to Israel. We should expedite delivery. Let send them over at about Mach 4.
Does anyone have a list of those congress critters who voted YEA?
Nothing new here. America is Israel's bitch.
Do most Americans realize what their arming of Israel says about them? I mean, why would a country which claims to be pro-democracy, pro-human rights and pro-freedom be supporting a tiny nation that is the most brutal one the world has ever seen?
What Israel has done to the Palestinians since 1967 is unforgivable. It has taken most of their land and they live in a prison. And America has supported Israel in their genocide and oppression.
Wake up, America. The world judges you by your actions!
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"Rep. Steve Rothman (D – NJ) said the increase in aid to Israel “sends a strong message to both our enemies and allies"
It also sends a very strong message to the hungry, unemployed, homeless, sick masses of Amerika and the message is that their government cares more about warmongering – theirs and that of others – than it does about its own people.
The government of the United States of Amerika has spoken and its message has been heard, loud and clear, all over the world.
And this would be what? A consolation prize for not having chosen the extra F-35's behind door number three? An apology for harassing them about settlements? A bolster in the face of a growing threat from Iran?
Geez, if the Iranians had been as vehement in their refusal to accede to US requests to stop fortifying something they conquered, the JDAMs would be raising the 'halleluja chorus'. Hey! There's a thought. Maybe a little sonny lumiere-style 'shock and awe' on the West Bank ( avoiding the hilltops please?) , could move the recalcitrant Hamas 'drones' toward 'peace'.