▲ 36 ▼ In historic Senate vote, 75% of Democrats vote to block arms sales to Israel (mondoweiss.net) submitted 6 months ago by AmazingWizard@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats' growing consensus against aid to Israel, as support for the country hits an all-time low. From Mondoweiss via This RSS Feed.
[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 months ago (3 children) they're brave when there's no chance of it passing. better than nothing tho permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago (2 children) honest question for someone not super politically educated: what are the chances that within the year (before summer, even) We see another $billion + go to the “defense” of Isreal despite this vote? I know even Bernie & AOC have unfortunately supported ““defensive weapons”” so I guess I’m just wondering what are the chances this vote is all bullshit and sooner rather than later they’ll bipartisan-ly give Isreal another huge chunk of cash???? My bets are on the chance being 100% … permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) The news here is that a majority of democrats voted to block arms to Israel. But those arms-blockers were in the minority overall, since all Republicans voted against the proposal. So 100% more arms will go to Israel, since this proposal to block said arms failed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago ah yeah, makes sense. Thanks for answering my word salad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago (2 children) honest question for someone not super politically educated: what are the chances that within the year (before summer, even) We see another $billion + go to the “defense” of Isreal despite this vote? I know even Bernie & AOC have unfortunately supported ““defensive weapons”” so I guess I’m just wondering what are the chances this vote is all bullshit and sooner rather than later they’ll bipartisan-ly give Isreal another huge chunk of cash???? My bets are on the chance being 100% … permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) The news here is that a majority of democrats voted to block arms to Israel. But those arms-blockers were in the minority overall, since all Republicans voted against the proposal. So 100% more arms will go to Israel, since this proposal to block said arms failed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago ah yeah, makes sense. Thanks for answering my word salad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) The news here is that a majority of democrats voted to block arms to Israel. But those arms-blockers were in the minority overall, since all Republicans voted against the proposal. So 100% more arms will go to Israel, since this proposal to block said arms failed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago ah yeah, makes sense. Thanks for answering my word salad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago ah yeah, makes sense. Thanks for answering my word salad. permalink fedilink source parent
In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats' growing consensus against aid to Israel, as support for the country hits an all-time low.