Over 100 House Democrats vote to end military aid to Israel in rebuke to US ally
Source: The Guardian
Wed 15 Jul 2026 17.11 EDT
Last modified on Wed 15 Jul 2026 17.16 EDT
More than 100 House Democrats on Wednesday voted to slash military aid to Israel, a significant rebuke of the longtime US ally as accusations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government green-lit genocide in Gaza continue to convulse the party ahead of November’s midterm election.
The amendment proposed by Republican congressman Thomas Massie to a spending measure would have halted $3.3bn in planned aid – much of which would have gone to Israel’s military – but was rejected by a 104-314 vote, with 10 lawmakers voting present. It received the support of 103 House Democrats, or nearly half of the 212-strong caucus, underscoring how sentiment in the party towards Israel and the Netanyahu government has soured since the 7 October attack and Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza.
The provision resulted in an unusual split among top House Democrats, with minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and the caucus chair, Pete Aguilar, both saying they would vote against it. In a letter to members, Jeffries called Massie’s amendment “overly broad”, but said he would not formally try to persuade other Democrats to join him in opposition, citing “the strongly held views throughout the caucus in this important area of foreign policy”.
On Wednesday, the House Democratic whip Katherine Clark said she would support Massie’s amendment, saying in a statement “it is clear that the status quo is not tenable. We should not provide a blank check for military aid to any country that does not comply with US law, interests, and values. The Netanyahu government has failed to meet that standard,” added Clark, the second-highest ranking House Democrat.
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Didn't even have to mention Jonathan Pollard, NUMEC, Arnon Milchan, Ben-Ami Kadish, etc., etc., ad nauseam all the way back to the Truman admin. Yeah, some friend and ally. 
Time to cut them off for good. Want military aid? Then you have to pay like everyone else with more than the means to do so.
To do so, he's teamed up with Israel's crazies. A bunch of religious freaks bent on some weird remake of the supposed, 10th century BCE empire of Solomon that's based on mythical accounts and not archeological evidence. And they're willing to kill everyone not Jewish in the area to get it. Perpetual war in the name of their god, and our tax dollars are funding it. Time to cut them off. 
