In a 226-188 vote, the House on Friday voted in a resolution which expressed opposition to Israel carrying out unilateral annexations in the occupied West Bank, and reiterated US support of a two-state solution.
The resolution was intended both to contradict President Trump, whose recent positions have been pro-occupation and pro-annexation, as well as to potentially warn Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against any hasty annexations, something he’s been advocating recently.
The bill was hardly perfect, which meant a lot of the voting on the margins defied conventional wisdom. Some traditional critics of Israel voted against the bill over language, and still others rejected the bill because it proscribed a US-imposed solution.
The “gang of four” stood as four Democrats opposing the resolution, and did so because the bill’s final version removed any mention of settlements, of Israel being an occupying power, and watered down language about the two-state solution at the behest of more centrist Democrats.
That, combined with an amendment which assured unconditional continuation of US military aid to Israel, also undercut the idea that the US could actually take an anti-annexation stance, or do anything if Israel ignores Congress.
At the same time, the idea that it is up to the US to do something was itself troubling to non-interventionist Republicans, who see the option of the US staying out of the situation, as an alternative to either endorsing annexation or forbidding it.
What happened ? Did AIPAC run out of checks?
that, or they ran out of blackmail material
Seems some commentators would prefer the dems voting against this bill….go figure.
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Just give Iran a free pass for a week. See if they can “persuade” Israel to change its ways.
Unconditional military aid means we don’t really care what they do with our weapons, and are unwilling to do what it takes to stop being part of the problem much less have a substantive role in fixing anything. Those republicans are right, it’s not up to the US to do anything including continuing to massively arm Israel.
and its not up to trump to make declarations for other states not part of the usa. he needs sanctioned for blatant isn’treal pandering.
An empty gesture by spastic Plastic Pelosi and her acolytes.
better than nothing.
The way to deal with neo-Nazi Israel and the BDS is to treat Israel with disdain and shun all those that support its crimes. Eventually this will force Israel to start obeying the law and return to its legally defined 1948 borders and stop killing Palestinians men women and children and thereby start acting less like a rogue criminal terrorist state that routinely commits war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and Apartheid in order to steal land and resources belonging to other countries.
once again we see blatant non american business being taken up by those who claim to represent the people who allegedly elected them. smh. until they deal with only u.s.a. concerns, withhold all pay checks.
This is the opinion of a Jewish person, Michael Rivera, about Israel actions:
This is unredeemably vile, on the part of Israel officials, who really want these women to die, rather than profit from advances in breast cancer care.
But you have to look at this from the larger perspective of the Israeli Government’s “Final Solution to the Palestinian Question”; denying these women state of the art care, is all part of the plan.
Most of us know – or know of – someone who has been diagnosed with this kind of cancer, but have, luckily, been able to beat it, at least in a first remission period.
All women on this planet, deserve the best, most intelligent approaches to beating this disease which exist today.
See: https://www.globalresearch.ca/denied-entry-gaza-breast-cancer-mission/5696947
And
https://www.whatreallyhappened.com/
These Dems are just pretending. At least Trump is being honest about his loyalties.