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| More anti-Israel legislation from the Dems: this time a House bill to restrict arms to Israel |
| 2025-08-19 |
| [IsraelTimes] House Minority Whip Katherine Clark becomes highest ranking member of Congress to call war in Gaza ‘genocide,’ given notable decline in party of support for Israel Representative Jamie Raskin, a Jewish Democrat in Maryland, has joined a growing list of Democrats backing a bill that would withhold the transfer of offensive weapons to Israel from the United States. Raskin’s backing of the Block the Bombs Act last week comes at a time of marked decline in Democratic support for Israel, as the war in Gaza wages on for its 22nd month. Other prominent Jewish Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Sara Jacobs of California, Rep. Becca Balint of Vermont, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, have also signed onto the legislation, which now has 34 sponsors. Backing for the Block the Bombs Act among House Democrats follows record support from Senate Democrats for two resolutions blocking US military sales to Israel last month. (The resolutions failed in the Republican-led Senate.) Raskin was one of the first Jewish Democrats to depart from norms around support for Israel during the Israel-Hamas war. In November 2023, just one month into the war in Gaza, Raskin was one of the first Jewish Democratic House lawmakers to call for a ceasefire. In May 2024, he and Jacobs voted against sending additional emergency aid to Israel. And last December, he signed onto a letter to the Biden administration, along with 76 other House Democrats, accusing Israel of violating US arms sales law. Meanwhile, House Minority Whip Katherine Clark last week became the highest-ranking member of Congress to characterize the war in Gaza as a “genocide,” according to a video clip obtained by Axios. Clark’s comments came after she was confronted by pro-Palestinian protesters during an event in her district in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her remarks reflect a broader shift within the Democratic party, marking a departure from the party’s historically strong support for the country. “We each have to continue to have an open heart about… how we take action in time to make a difference, whether that is stopping the starvation and genocide and destruction of Gaza, or whether that means we are working together to stop the redistricting that is going on, taking away the vote from people,” Clark said in the clip. The comments make her the 14th member of Congress to use the term, including from some of Israel’s past supporters, as the war has ground on. They include a dozen other progressive Democrats, tallied by the pro-Palestinian media outlet Zeteo, as well as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, …(R-nutjob)… a far-right Georgia Republican.Related: Jamie Raskin 08/09/2025 Bill Barr Held Secret Meetings to Plot Prosecutions of Trump and Block His Political Comeback (VIDEO) Jamie Raskin 08/04/2025 Former Fox host Jeanine Pirro confirmed as DC US Attorney after tense partisan struggle Jamie Raskin 07/19/2025 News Leaks say Adam Schiff has hired an attorney after Tulsi exposed the ''Russia-Russia Hoax'' Related: Sara Jacobs 12/11/2024 Lawmaker who assisted IDF as civilian volunteer to lead House foreign affairs panel Sara Jacobs 07/25/2024 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu mocks campus protesters as 'Iran's useful idiots' Sara Jacobs 05/15/2024 US fails to compensate victims of drone strikes in Somalia Related: Becca Balint 04/19/2025 US: Activism of Columbia anti-Israel protest leader undermines efforts to end Gaza war Becca Balint 03/05/2025 Multiple Democrats skipping Trump speech, planning alternate event Becca Balint 03/03/2024 Back from Israel, 6 US House Dems accuse PM of ‘utter disregard’ for Palestinian lives Related: Jan Schakowsky 02/19/2025 Black Lives Matter leader rejects protests against Trump, Elon Musk''s DOGE team Jan Schakowsky 09/28/2024 Dems Introduce Bill to Restore Funding to UNWRA, Whose Staffers Were Involved in 10/7 Attacks Jan Schakowsky 09/08/2024 Meet the Jewish author who has written a pithier, punchier Project 2025 Related: Katherine Clark 03/08/2025 AOC, other Dem congresswomen roasted over ''Choose your fighter'' TikTok Katherine Clark 03/30/2024 On the other side: Dem leaders endorse Israel critic Jamaal Bowman after Jewish legislators back rival Katherine Clark 02/02/2024 US Reps Bush, Tlaib vote no on ‘redundant' bill to ban October 7 terrorists from US Related: Marjorie Taylor Greene 08/11/2025 The most suspect stock trades by politicians revealed including the Republican who can't STOP flipping shares Marjorie Taylor Greene 08/03/2025 India Halts Russian Oil Purchases After Heavy U.S. Tariff Threats Marjorie Taylor Greene 08/01/2025 Marjorie Taylor Greene ran against the swamp. Then she got rich in it |
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