Does the Biden regime realize it was wrong to betray Israel so frequently before the election? Almost certainly not. This opposition likely has more to do with wanting to keep the far-left wing from taking over total control of the Democrat party than it does with any actual concern for the U.S. alliance with Israel.
“White House urging Democrats to reject progressive push to block arms transfers to Israel,” by Jacob Magid, Times of Israel, November 20, 2024:
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is lobbying Democratic senators to vote against legislation being advanced by several of the party’s most progressive members that would block more than $20 billion in weapon shipments to Israel, two US officials told The Times of Israel on Tuesday.
The series of Joint Resolutions of Disapproval co-sponsored by Senators Bernie Sanders, Peter Welch, Jeff Merkley and Brian Schatz are slated to come to a vote on Wednesday and aim to block six weapon transfers to Israel, which include guided missiles, tank rounds, mortars, tactical vehicles and F-15 fighter jets.
While the votes are all but certain to fail, given the strong support for Israel in both parties — particularly the GOP — they are likely to mark a watershed moment in a more divided Democratic Party that is still working to understand the lessons of this month’s election, which saw Republicans win the White House and Senate and keep their majority in the House.
The Biden administration’s decision to engage on the matter demonstrates its desire for the Democratic Party to maintain a pro-Israel posture post-election.
While moderates have argued that the party did too much to cater to its progressive wing, including by staking out adversarial positions toward Israel, lawmakers such as “Squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have charged that the party catered to special interest groups such as the pro-Israel AIPAC lobby and therefore lost support — a claim denounced by several mainstream Jewish organizations….
somehistory says
Jesus said, “A house divided against itself, cannot stand.”
But, hey those people like aoc, sanders and others don’t believe in Jesus nor even the wisdom of His words.
gravenimage says
Biden regime urges Democrats to reject leftist push to block arms transfers to Israel
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I seldom say “good for Biden”, but will in this case.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Right now, the Biden regime is unburdened, to use a favorite word of their VP, from the compulsions of servicing the Judeophobes in their party. In fact, given how the muslims rebuffed them, they should do a volte-face on their Israel policy and follow the same policy that Marco Rubio would put in place once in. Let the party battle it out over the next 4 years on whether they’re the party of AOC or Josh Shapiro
Like I said in the last thread about Bernie’s canard against Israel, if I were a Dem, I’d treat the muslim vote like the traitors they are, dump them in the 🚽 & flush them completely. Just speaking electorally, there is no reason I’d wanna lose sections of Jewish and Hindu voters for a vote bank that just won’t materialize