mozz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 8 months agoDo you support sending weapons to Israel?message-square62fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down155file-text
arrow-up1-38arrow-down1message-squareDo you support sending weapons to Israel?mozz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 8 months agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@jordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink14•8 months agoI don’t support sending ANYTHING to Israel. They aren’t a scrappy start up needing our help anymore and haven’t been for decades. That said, I understand WHY we continue supporting them: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus?ind=Q05 https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/industry-detail/Q05/2022 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/aipac-pro-israel-lobby-group-us-elections https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2024-05-02/ty-article/.premium/aipac-halts-campaign-fundraising-for-republicans-who-voted-against-emergency-israel-aid/0000018f-39d5-d17f-adcf-f9f7dfb40000 https://thehill.com/homenews/4606301-pro-israel-groups-target-progressive-lawmakers-primaries/
I don’t support sending ANYTHING to Israel. They aren’t a scrappy start up needing our help anymore and haven’t been for decades.
That said, I understand WHY we continue supporting them:
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus?ind=Q05
https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/industry-detail/Q05/2022
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/aipac-pro-israel-lobby-group-us-elections
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2024-05-02/ty-article/.premium/aipac-halts-campaign-fundraising-for-republicans-who-voted-against-emergency-israel-aid/0000018f-39d5-d17f-adcf-f9f7dfb40000
https://thehill.com/homenews/4606301-pro-israel-groups-target-progressive-lawmakers-primaries/