THREAD: After progressives in Congress knocked down an additional $1 billion in military funding to Israel from a larger spending bill, conservative Democrats are introducing a new stand-alone bill to send an additional $1 billion to Israel to further fund its “Iron Dome.”
The #IronDome is a missile interceptor system developed by Israel and funded by U.S. taxpayers. It works to enforce Israel’s siege and blockade of Gaza.
In addition to the $3.8 billion in military funding that the U.S. provides Israel each year, the U.S. has already given approximately $1.7 billion to Israel for its Iron Dome.
Despite the Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks being immensely larger—at least 22 times greater than that of Israelis since 2008—the U.S. funds no such defense systems for Palestinians.
We should ask ourselves: Why is the U.S. willing to send an additional $1 billion to Israel—a rich country that can certainly fund its own military—before it funds basic social services like universal health care or child care for Americans struggling during a global pandemic?
No more funding for Israel’s war crimes.
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