{"id":2007771,"date":"2023-08-22T05:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-jewish-group-pushes-back-on-ramaswamys-stance-against-israel-aid\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T05:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:44:33","slug":"republican-jewish-group-pushes-back-on-ramaswamys-stance-against-israel-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-jewish-group-pushes-back-on-ramaswamys-stance-against-israel-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Jewish group opposes Ramaswamy&#8217;s stance on Israel aid."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-jewish-group-pushes-back-on-ramaswamys-stance-against-israel-aid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007771&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>&#8216;Such \u200da move would very decidedly not \u2064be in America&#8217;s best interest,&#8217; Republican Jewish Coalition says<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>(Screenshot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Republican Jewish Leaders\u2062 Push Back on \u200dProposal to Cut\u2062 Off Military Aid to Israel<\/h3>\n<p>Republican Jewish leaders are voicing their opposition to Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s proposal to \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bennett-zelensky-speak-after-ukraine-leader-suggests-jerusalem-host-peace-talks\/\" title=\"Bennett, Zelensky Speak After Ukraine Leader Suggests Jerusalem Host Peace Talks\">end military aid<\/a> to Israel within \u200dfive years. They argue that &#8220;such a \u2062move would very decidedly not be in America&#8217;s best interest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Brooks, the CEO of the \u2063Republican Jewish Coalition, expressed\u200b his support \u2064for Ramaswamy as a\u200b &#8220;strong and passionate\u200d supporter of Israel&#8221; in \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RJC\/status\/1693693967173349661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> on Monday. However, he urged Ramaswamy to reconsider his stance on\u200b U.S. military aid to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Considering your overall \u2063support\u200b for a strong U.S.-Israel alliance, \u2064I believe that a\u2063 closer \u2064examination of the issue \u2062of\u2063 U.S. aid\u2062 will convince you that now is not the time to terminate a \u2063program that provides\u200c significant benefits \u2062to\u2062 our nation, strengthens our\u200d key strategic ally Israel, \u200cand contributes to the stability of the Middle\u200b East,&#8221; \u2062Brooks wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy&#8217;s foreign \u2064policy positions have come under \u2062scrutiny as\u2064 he has risen\u2064 in the\u2062 polls. The 38-year-old Republican recently stated in\u200c an interview with podcast host Russell Brand that he supports \u2062cutting the \u200b$3 billion annual U.S. military funding \u2062to Israel\u2062 by 2028. Ramaswamy reiterated this position\u200b to the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, emphasizing that\u2064 the aid would no longer\u2064 be necessary once he successfully negotiates new peace treaties between Israel\u200b and \u200cits Arab neighbors within his first year \u2062as president.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we \u2062achieve success, the true measure of success for both the \u2063U.S. and Israel will\u2063 be reaching 2028, \u2062where Israel stands\u200b firmly on its own, integrated\u2063 into the economic and security infrastructure\u200d of the rest of the Middle East, eliminating\u200c the need for historical levels of aid or commitment from the U.S.,&#8221; Ramaswamy explained.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Brooks argued \u200bin his\u2063 letter\u2064 that\u200c Israel is &#8220;our most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-nikki-haley-to-endorse-marco-rubios-reelection-campaign\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Haley To Endorse Marco Rubio\u2019s Reelection Campaign\">valuable ally<\/a>\u200b against Iran, which poses the greatest threat \u200bto U.S.\u200c interests in that region.&#8221; He warned that withdrawing military funding from Israel would be perceived as a weakening\u200c of the U.S.-Israel \u2062relationship by Israel&#8217;s enemies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iran already controls Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and the Gaza Strip,&#8221; Brooks stated. &#8220;Abandoning Israel would severely harm it in \u2062military, \u2064diplomatic, and economic terms. In this perilous time, such a move would clearly \u200dnot be in\u2064 America&#8217;s best interest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brooks also highlighted that\u200b Israel\u200d spends \u200c85 percent of its aid on American-manufactured arms, collaborates closely \u2064with U.S. Central Command, and has tested\u200b and improved various important\u200c systems that have benefited U.S. forces.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy&#8217;s position on Israel aid has\u2063 evolved\u2064 throughout his \u2063campaign. In June, he expressed support for continuing aid, but earlier that month, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-jewish-group-pushes-back-on-ramaswamys-stance-against-israel-aid\/\" title=\"Republican Jewish group opposes Ramaswamy's stance on Israel aid.\">mentioned reducing\u2062 foreign aid<\/a> as part of a broader disengagement with the Middle\u2062 East \u2062during\u200b a gathering in New Hampshire, according to a \u2062video obtained by the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Jewish leaders strongly oppose Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s plan to end military aid to Israel in five years, stating that it would be detrimental to America&#8217;s best interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":2007772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}