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125 Democrats Say Military Aid to Israel Shouldnât Depend on Human Rights Record
Israeli forces arrest young Palestinian Muslims who gathered at Damascus Gate after praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Old City, Eastern Jerusalem, on April 17, 2021.
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In an apparent response to growing calls for making U.S. aid to the Netanyahu government conditional on Israeli adherence to human rights law, 330 members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter late last month insisting that the $3.8 billion in annual military aid the United States provides Israel remain unconditional.
The letter â which was signed by virtually all of the Republicans and over half of the Democrats â was a slap in the face to those who have argued that military aid to Israel, like all recipients of taxpayer-funded weaponry, be conditional on at least some level of compliance with human rights and international law.
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