AOC suggests cutting off aid to Israel after U.S. vetoes ceasefire resolution
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N. Y., suggested the U.S. should consider cutting off aid to Israel on Thursday when she was confronted by a constituent about the U.S. vetoing a United Nations ceasefire resolution.
The progressive "Squad" Democrat made the comments during a town hall to discuss the Green New Deal.
"I think it is completely wrong," Ocasio-Cortez said of the veto. "I think that it is an outrage that we said that we would send our top diplomat to veto a ceasefire resolution that has essentially been agreed to by every other actor and only abstained by one. I think it is against our values."
She targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu specifically, who leftists have attacked over his response to Hamas' Oct, 7 surprise attack that saw just over 1,000 people, mainly civilians, killed.
"I believe that not only should we be advocating for a ceasefire, I believe that we have to at bare minimum being conditioning aid, if not cutting aid, to the Netanyahu government, which has shown no regard for human life in Gaza," Ocasio-Cortez said.
Her comments were met by applause from the audience.
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between fighters and civilians, has said more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's response to the invasion.
Progressives have been critical of the Biden administration's continued support for Israel and it's even inspired waves of Muslim Americans to campaign against his re-election. President Biden himself has pressed for restraint, but his left wing has argued it's not far enough.
Ocasio-Cortez, for example, called for the U. S. to "wind down" its support to Israel "in order to prevent additional loss of life."... (Read more)
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