Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a US representative, said on Wednesday that she will oppose any future US military aid to Israel, including for defensive systems.

In a statement on social media, Ocasio-Cortez said that Israel was fully capable of funding “Iron Dome and other defensive systems”, and that “consistent with my voting record to date, I will not support Congress sending more taxpayer dollars and military aid to a government that consistently ignores international law and US law”.

Her remarks on Wednesday follow reports that she pledged to oppose any future military aid to Israel during a New York City Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) forum on Tuesday evening.

“Our allies who need our military aid must understand that we will provide it consistent with the Leahy amendment and the foreign assistance act”, Ocasio-Cortez added, referring to a law which prohibits the US from providing military support to army units that violate human rights.

According to City & State, which obtained a partial recording of the DSA forum, Ocasio-Cortez told members: “I have not once ever voted to authorize funding to Israel, and I will never,” adding that “the Israeli government should be able to finance their own weapons if they seek to arm themselves.”

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[–] 163 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Go further than that, claw back our tax money to pay for healthcare dammit

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  • [–] 57 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Give em a bill and charge interest every year.

    If they don't pay, most of the global economy still runs thru NYC, if we sanction their leaders and oligarchs instead of random ass "settlers" who don't even have a bank account, we could apply real pressure for their government to pay.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Israel does not owe the US for weapons, because they are gifts. The nominally loans are immediately forgiven by state dept.

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    [–] 82 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Better late than never, but the left coalition of the party could have done this 75,000 Palestinians ago.

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  • [–] 65 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Sombody guard her because Mosad already is planing to eliminate her.

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    [–] 48 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Israel should be disarmed.

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    [–] 38 points 4 months ago

    Fuck yeah, hopefully AOC starts a fuck aid to Israel trend

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  • [–] 37 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    “I have not once ever voted to authorize funding to Israel, and I will never,”

    She has though: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024128, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023681, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202428

    It's a much better track record than pretty much anyone else but this article and post is a pretty blatant attempt at reputation laundering.

    Do y'all really fall for this so easily?

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Which one of these you linked is providing funding to Israel?

    In order:

    H.R.5917

    This bill extends the authority of the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons using human shields through 2030 and requires the President to impose such sanctions on each foreign person determined to be a member of Palestine Islamic Jihad and orders, controls, or otherwise directs the use of human shields. Currently, such sanctions are (1) required for users of human shields who are members of Hamas or Hezbollah or supporters of those groups, and (2) authorized for other users of human shields.

    The President must also determine if a person named in certain congressional requests meets the criteria for such sanctions and report on whether the President intends to impose sanctions on that person.

    Additionally, the Department of Defense must report to Congress on the implications of the use of human shields by Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestine Islamic Jihad.

    H.R.5961

    This bill requires the President to impose property-blocking sanctions on foreign financial institutions and international financial institutions that process, participate in, or facilitate a transaction involving certain Iranian funds (namely, the approximately $6 billion of Iranian funds that the Biden administration permitted to be transferred from restricted accounts in South Korea to restricted accounts in Qatar to facilitate the release of five U.S. citizens detained in Iran).

    H.R.6679

    This bill imposes immigration-related penalties on certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who are involved with terrorism or attacks against Israel.

    Under this bill, members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad or Hamas or who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel may not be admitted into the United States.

    The bill also expands an existing admissions bar against officers, representatives, and spokespersons of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Under this bill, all PLO members are barred from admission into the United States.

    The bill also prohibits any non-U.S. national who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks from seeking any immigration-related relief or protections, including (1) protection from being deported to a country where the individual's life or freedom would be threatened, or (2) asylum in the United States.

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  • [–] 32 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Summaries are generally misleading.

    Full text for H.R.5917: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5917/text where it outlines the modifications to public law 115-348 which according to Sec. 3.d authorizes usage of the IEEPA to enforce sanctions.

    Israel then directly receives defense spending to enforce those sanctions as well as indirectly being funded via any seized assets that are found in violation of those sanctions as "reperations". Here's an example of a $500Mil funding source.

    H.R.5961 uses essentially the same mechanism but targets Iran specifically redirecting a large chunk of the $6B mentioned towards Israel.

    You are correct that H.R.6679 isn't about funding, but I still felt it was important to include.

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    [–] 24 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Support and protect this person and leaders like them. Fight for them.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Her continued political career depended on clearing that up.

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    [–] 16 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    She was going to vote against it originally. Then supposedly Pelosi convinced her to change her vote. So she voted present.

    It's a difficult spot to be in, given that much of her support relies on the zionists in New York like Schumer, etc in her party... Donors too...

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    [–] 14 points 4 months ago

    How about any aid at all? That country needs a lot of things, democracy, ethics, morals, but it does not need aid for anything

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Shoulda done that years ago. We wouldn’t be in this predicament today had that been done. She offered criticism of Israel, but when push came to shove she didn’t rock the boat when voting time came and she changed her vote away from “no” to fund Israel’s Iron Dome.

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    [–] 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    My favorite Democrat, if only she was the norm.

    Come to think of it, she's the only Democrat who I don't find infuriating... the last time I researched one (Maxine Waters) I was revolted

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    [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    AOC is not suicidal

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    would be nice to do palestinian aid and recognize its not a forgone conclusion that it be annexed and if we for some reason do give aid lets at least limit weaponry we might give them and hey lets work to keep aid channels open to palestine. you know. all the stuff we were doing until 2025.

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    [–] 7 points 4 months ago* (17 children)

    meanwhile tankies are calling her (and me) a Zionist for saying the Iron Dome is not just used for protecting military assets and has protected civilians before 🙄

    that's right folks, you're a Zionist if your anti-Zionism doesn't ignore facts enough, I guess 🤷‍♀️

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago (12 children)

    The problem is protection in this case also means protection from the consequences of their actions. As shit as it may sound there's an active incentive to not causing problems when getting a city block leveled is a potential risk, the same thing can be said for the US which is protected by its relative remoteness from its foes.

    So the Iron Dome isn't just a defensive measure, it's an emboldening one since it protects Israel from its consequences.

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