{"id":217242,"date":"2026-07-16T04:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/house-defeats-bid-to-end-military-aid-to-israel-as-over-100-democrats-vote-for-it-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T04:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:19:01","slug":"house-defeats-bid-to-end-military-aid-to-israel-as-over-100-democrats-vote-for-it-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/house-defeats-bid-to-end-military-aid-to-israel-as-over-100-democrats-vote-for-it-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"House defeats bid to end military aid to Israel as over 100 Democrats vote for it – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Backing by 103 Democrats underscores how sentiment in party towards Israel and Netanyahu government has soured
The House on Wednesday defeated a measure to <\/strong>slash military aid to Israel, but more than 100 House Democrats<\/a> voted for it in a significant rebuke of the longtime US ally as accusations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s government green-lit genocide in Gaza continue to convulse the party ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections.
The amendment proposed by Republican congressman Thomas Massie to a spending measure would have halted $3.3bn in planned aid \u2013 much of which would have gone to Israel\u2019s military. But it was rejected by a 104-314 vote, with 10 lawmakers voting present. Massie was the sole member of the GOP to vote yes.
That the amendment received the backing of 103 House Democrats, or nearly half of the 212-strong caucus, underscored how sentiment in the party towards Israel and the Netanyahu government has soured since the 7 October attack and Israel\u2019s subsequent invasion of Gaza, which some international investigations have determined<\/a> constituted a genocide.
The provision resulted in an unusual split<\/a> 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\u2019s amendment \u201coverly broad\u201d, but said he would not formally try to persuade other Democrats to join him in opposition, citing \u201cthe strongly held views throughout the caucus in this important area of foreign policy\u201d.
On Wednesday, the House Democratic whip Katherine Clark said she would support Massie\u2019s amendment, saying in a statement: \u201cIt is clear that the status quo is not tenable.\u201d
Clark, the second-highest ranking House Democrat, added: \u201cWe 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.\u201d
She was joined by Robert Garcia, the Democratic ranking member on the high-profile oversight committee, who said: \u201cNetanyahu, like Donald Trump, is a corrupt authoritarian who should face criminal courts\u2013not receive billions more for weapons.\u201d
The Congressional Progressive Caucus chair, Greg Casar, on Tuesday sent his members a letter where he announced his support for Massie\u2019s amendment and encouraged them to join him. \u201cThe American people are crying out for an end to US tax dollars subsidizing Israel\u2019s military,\u201d Casar said.
The vote came amid signs that voters in some Democratic primaries are looking for candidates who will take a hard line on Israel and Netanyahu\u2019s government and reject American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), the powerful lobby that has backed candidates from both parties for decades.
In New York last month<\/a>, primary voters ousted two sitting Democratic House lawmakers and replaced a third who was retiring with democratic socialists who had put discontent with support for Israel at the center of their campaigns. The trend appeared to repeat in Colorado, where longtime congresswoman Diana DeGette lost her primary<\/a> to Melat Kiros, a political newcomer who had criticized the incumbent\u2019s previous support for Israel.
The issue was also expected to be a factor in Missouri\u2019s primaries early next month, where freshman representative Wesley Bell faces a challenge from Cori Bush, the former congresswoman he ousted two years ago in a race that saw major spending from Aipac-linked groups. In the race to replace retiring Democratic senator Gary Peters in Michigan, former public health official Abdul El-Sayed<\/a> has criticized his opponent Haley Stevens for her support of Israel.
Some Democrats who voted for the proposal criticized its phrasing, with Clark noting it would cut off humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians, including those in Gaza.
\u201cThis is not an attempt to have a serious and necessary debate about offensive military aid to Israel. It\u2019s more stunts from Congressional Republicans who would rather score cheap political points than lead,\u201d Clark said.
The former Democratic House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, a longstanding supporter of Israel who two years ago<\/a> urged Joe Biden to halt weapons transfers amid the war with Gaza, called Massie\u2019s amendment an \u201cunfortunate choice\u201d, but ultimately opted to back it.
\u201cThe United States must be a force for security and stability. The American people are rightly demanding an end to a perpetual cycle of war, and the Netanyahu government cannot maintain its current course. Therefore, while this amendment is ill-conceived, I vote yes for the message that it sends,\u201d Pelosi said.
While his group had opposed the amendment as a \u201cpolitical stunt\u201d, Jeremy Ben-Ami, the president of J Street, a liberal pro-Israel and pro-peace group, said the support it picked up among Democrats marks \u201ca turning point\u201d.
\u201cToday\u2019s vote reflects the emerging consensus in the party \u2013 the debate will no longer be about whether US policy should change, but rather how it must change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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