{"id":2235012,"date":"2024-05-01T20:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T00:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-ask-biden-to-withhold-military-assistance-to-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T20:40:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T00:40:53","slug":"house-democrats-ask-biden-to-withhold-military-assistance-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-ask-biden-to-withhold-military-assistance-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats urge Biden to pause military aid to Israel"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhouse-democrats-ask-biden-to-withhold-military-assistance-to-israel%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=2235012&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--><p>House Democrats have urged the Biden administration to halt offensive military aid\u200b to Israel due to concerns over\u200b a potential humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Over 50 representatives, led by Pramila \u2064Jayapal and \u200cMadeleine \u200bDean, sent a letter to\u2064 President Joe Biden calling\u200d for \u2063a cessation of aid to \u2063prevent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-dangerous-time-jpmorgan-ceo-warns-global-conflicts-and-debt-could-spell-disaster\/\" title=\"JPMorgan CEO cautions on global conflicts and debt as potential disaster.\">ground\u2063 invasion<\/a> into Rafah. The group\u200c emphasized the need for a ceasefire and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-scott-introduce-bill-targeting-venezuelas-maduro\/\" title=\"Rubio, Scott Introduce Bill Targeting Venezuela\u2019s Maduro\">humanitarian assistance<\/a> in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A large coalition of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Democrats<\/a> is calling on the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration<\/a> to withhold offensive military aid and weapons to <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a>, saying they are worried about the \u201chumanitarian catastrophe\u201d for those in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a> if the Jewish state launches a ground invasion into Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>Over 50 House Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/jayapal.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Quill-Letter-L18047-Rafah-Letter-Version-3-05-01-2024-@-04-31-PM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sent a letter<\/a> to President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> asking him to cut off both current and future offense aid to Israel to prevent a Rafah invasion as part of its war against Hamas, a conflict that has driven a wedge within the Democratic conference over how much support to provide the ally and how to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Madeleine Dean (D-PA), the letter denounces the reports of Israel looking to launch a \u201cfull-scale offensive on Rafah\u201d as \u201cwholly unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the pace of supply trucks entering Gaza has picked up slightly since the unacceptable strike on World Central Kitchen workers, this limited improvement is not nearly sufficient to meet the strip\u2019s catastrophic levels of need,\u201d the members wrote. \u201cFurthermore, any offensive would put remaining hostages being held in Rafah at grave risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is of the utmost importance that both Hamas and Israel immediately come to the table with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-economic-forum-suspends-invitation-to-president-trump-from-future-conferences-opens-this-years-globalist-fest-with-chinese-leader-xi-jinping\/\" title=\"World Economic Forum Suspends Invitation to President Trump from Future Conferences \u2013 Opens This Year\u2019s Globalist Fest with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping\">international community<\/a> for a mutually agreed ceasefire deal that can secure the safe return of hostages, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-announces-title-42-will-end-may-23\/\" title=\"CDC Announces Title 42 Will End May 23\">full resumption<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-faces-mounting-pressure-to-act-in-ethiopian-conflict\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Faces Mounting Pressure to Act in Ethiopian Conflict\">humanitarian aid<\/a>, and the space for a negotiated, long-term peace in the region,\u201d the members continued.<\/p>\n<p>The group of members, which includes \u201cSquad\u201d Democrats such as Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), said an offensive in Rafah risks the start of an \u201cescalatory spiral\u201d that the United States cannot afford.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT), one of the signatories, said the letter served as an opportunity for members who voted in favor of an Israel aid package earlier this month to express concerns about the need for humanitarian aid in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see this letter as a little bit of an extension of that feeling that we heard in caucus, that people wanted an outlet to be able to express this, didn\u2019t feel like they could vote \u2018no\u2019 on the funding, but they also didn\u2019t feel right not making a stronger statement about it,\u201d Balint said to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She said most of the signatories believe in a right to a \u201csafe and secure Israel\u201d but also believe what is happening in Gaza is \u201cdisastrous.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is, I think, representative of the members of Congress who are hearing from their constituents that they want us to hold both things. And that\u2019s difficult in politics,\u201d Balint added.<\/p>\n<p>The letter comes as the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2986600\/house-passes-bill-expanding-definition-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"voted to require\">voted to require<\/a> the Education Department to codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance\u2019s working definition of antisemitism in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Seventy Democrats voted against the bill, with several citing concerns about the infringement of free speech and the exclusion of other antisemitism definitions.<\/p>\n<p>Balint, who was one of the 70 \u201cno\u201d votes, said she thinks it is \u201cnot an easy vote to message on.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there were so many people that wanted to vote \u2018no\u2019 on that because they thought it was bulls***, but they don\u2019t want to get beaten over the head with it back home,\u201d Balint said.<\/p>\n<p>Balint added that the members who joined Jayapal and Dean\u2019s letter are not expecting any particular response from the Biden administration, but they are hoping for \u201cdeep listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that it\u2019s important for us as members of Congress who hold the purse strings to say, \u2018We want more of that. We want more of that,&#8217;\u201d the Vermont Democrat said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we all want is a change,\u201d she continued. \u201cWe want action, and some of that is going to happen behind the scenes and we\u2019ll find out about it later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Jayapal for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A significant group of House Democrats requests the Biden administration to stop providing offensive military aid and weapons to Israel, citing concerns about a potential humanitarian crisis in Gaza during a potential ground invasion into Rafah. 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