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Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, long one of the most ardent defenders of US aid to Israel, voted Wednesday to slash that aid. And she was not alone; 103 House Democrats and Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie voted for Massie\u2019s amendment to slash almost $3.3 billion in funds for Israel\u2014and their number included House Democratic whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) and the ranking Democrats on a number of key committees.<\/p>\n

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It was the latest measure of the evolution of the Democratic Party\u2019s stance regarding aid to Israel, which had changed dramatically as the party\u2019s base voters signaled that they cannot accept continued aid to the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which has been widely accused of committing genocide with a multiyear assault on Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the good of the Israeli people and the Palestinian people, it is clear that US policy must change,\u201d said Pelosi, who explained, \u201cThe United States must be a force for security and stability. The American people are rightly demanding an end to a perpetual cycle of war, and the Netanyahu government cannot maintain its current course. \u201c<\/p>\n

A bipartisan House majority of 314 still opposed the amendment to block the foreign military aid money from a broader national security spending bill. But the size of the \u201cyes\u201d vote was described by Politico<\/em> as a \u201cseismic shift\u201d on issues related to Israel and Palestine.<\/p>\n

Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar agreed, noting on Wednesday, \u201cIt used to be that just a small number of House Democrats would vote against sending taxpayer dollars to weapons for the Israeli military. Then, two years ago, 37 House Democrats voted for a measure to not send billions of dollars to the Israeli military. Today, over 100 House Democrats voted for a measure to block billions of dollars in weapons to Netanyahu. That is enormous progress. That is a victory for our movement for security, peace and justice for all people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat,\u201d added Casar, \u201csends a strong message to Netanyahu that the days are over of an unaccountable blank check to his wars and his war crimes\u2014at least from the Democratic Party.\u201d<\/p>\n

But not all Democrats embraced that progress.<\/p>\n

And that is going to be an issue in upcoming Democratic primaries.<\/p>\n

Minnesota US Representative Angie Craig, who is locked in a competitive August 11 Democratic US Senate primary, voted against the amendment. That prompted her primary rival, Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, to declare, \u201cA vote to send $3.3 billion of taxpayer money to fund additional weapons of war to Benjamin Netanyahu is unconscionable. Enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michigan US Representative Haley Stevens, who is bidding in the August 4 Democratic US Senate primary against Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, also voted to continue aid to Israel.<\/p>\n

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\u201cToday, Congresswoman Stevens had a choice: stand with the majority of Democrats who oppose unconditional military aid to Israel, or stand with the special interests funding her campaign,\u201d said El-Sayed. \u201cShe chose to side with AIPAC and Republicans to fund a war machine that has taken the loved ones of Michigan families. She made her choice. You make yours.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another Michigan race, State Representative Donavan McKinney, a democratic socialist supporter of Palestinian rights, is mounting a serious Democratic primary challenge to incumbent US Representative Shri Thanedar, who voted against cutting aid to Israel. \u201cOnce again,\u201d argued McKinney, \u201cShri Thanedar proved he\u2019d rather spend money dropping bombs on families overseas than help families here at home. It\u2019s unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Florida, August 18 Democratic primary challenger Oliver Larkin complained that US Representative Jared Moskowitz voted \u201cto continue funding genocide,\u201d while Elijah Manley, who is mounting a primary bid against US Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, said the incumbent \u201cvoted to continue to aid Israel, a genocidal regime killing Palestinians in Gaza. Democrats in FL-20 do not support sending funds and weapons to a regime engaged in genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Missouri, Democratic US Representative Wesley Bell voted \u201cno\u201d on the amendment and drew an immediate rebuke from former US representative Cori Bush, who is challenging Bell in the St. Louis\u2013area district\u2019s August 4 primary. \u201cThe people have spoken. They want to see their tax dollars spent on housing, healthcare, and education here at home, not war and genocide overseas,\u201d said Bush. \u201cBell\u2019s not listening.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also made a connection between the vote to send money overseas and the struggle to meet hometown needs. \u201cFor those counting along at home,\u201d Bush said of the money Bell supported sending to Israel, \u201cthat\u2019s $3.3 billion more than Bell brought home for St. Louis through HUD disaster recovery funding.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Arizona, where he is challenging Democratic incumbent Greg Stanton in a July 21 party primary, veteran activist Kai Newkirk is highlighting the incumbent\u2019s \u201cno\u201d vote as an important issue in the primary. \u201cGreg Stanton has taken over $300K from AIPAC. And today\u2014as so many Americans in our district and across the country struggle to get by\u2014he just voted to send billions more of our tax dollars to Israel to fund their war crimes and genocide,\u201d said Newkirk. \u201cDisgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Track AIPAC, the grassroots effort to reveal and counter the influence of AIPAC in American politics and policymaking, weighed in with a particularly blunt endorsement of the challenger: \u201cAIPAC\u2019s Greg Stanton voted against cutting aid to Israel today. He has a primary coming up in 6 days. Support Kai Newkirk for Congress to unseat this AIPAC stooge.\u201d<\/p>\n

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