{"id":4247,"date":"2026-07-15T22:08:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:08:53","slug":"surge-of-house-democrats-back-failed-bid-to-cut-off-u-s-military-aid-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4247","title":{"rendered":"Surge of House Democrats back failed bid to cut off U.S. military aid to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The growing anti-Israel faction in the Democratic Party came into view Wednesday when nearly half of the House Democratic Caucus voted to cut off military aid to the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245\">Trump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The chamber shot down the measure 104-314, with 10 Democrats voting \u201cpresent.\u201d The only Republican voting yes was the author of the legislation, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who recently lost his primary to a challenger backed by President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Backing the cutoff of U.S. aid to Israel were 103 of 212 House Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime establishment Democrats such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts joined far-left firebrands such as Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts in supporting the measure.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome underscored the dramatic anti-Israel shift in the Democratic Party since 2024, when 37 Democrats and 21 Republicans voted against a package including $14 billion in military aid for Israel.<\/p>\n<p>This time, the legislation was an amendment to a national security and State Department funding bill. The Massie amendment would have prevented any of the bill\u2019s funds from going to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition to Israel has grown throughout the U.S., where polls show more people now back Palestinians over the Jewish state, which has been accused of wanton destruction in Gaza after the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack. Some prominent right-wing figures, such as political commentator Tucker Carlson and former White House strategist Steve Bannon, have pivoted against Israel as part of the isolationist \u201cAmerica First\u201d agenda.<\/p>\n<p>But the turnaround has been particularly dramatic among Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the vote, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York announced his opposition, but said leadership was not whipping individual members on how to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jeffries accused Republican leaders of \u00a0\u201cdesperately trying to weaponize an amendment they do not support for nakedly partisan reasons\u201d in a letter.<\/p>\n<p>A House leadership aide said the vote speaks for itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not House [Republican] Leadership\u2019s fault that Hakeem Jeffries is out of step with the radicals who run his caucus. He should worry less about Republicans and more about why he\u2019s being rebuked by his own Whip and former Speaker,\u201d the aide told The Washington Times.<\/p>\n<p>Five House Republicans did not vote on the Massie amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans advanced the measure to a vote in what appeared to be an attempt to expose divisions among Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The House Rules Committee \u2014 a Republican-controlled panel that sets the rules for debate \u2014 voted along party lines to allow Mr. Massie\u2019s amendment to come to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4243\">On The Ground: Inside NATO\u2019s eastern flank as Russia\u2019s shadow war intensifies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jeffries criticized the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but said America must remain committed \u201cto Israel\u2019s right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state and homeland for the Jewish people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian sentiment has been building among Democrats for years. What was once the realm of activist protesters now permeates the party that was once staunchly pro-Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democratic Party needs a new approach to Israel and Palestine,\u201d Rep. Greg Casar, a Texas Democrat who leads the Progressive Caucus, wrote in a letter to colleagues. \u201cI hope you will join me in beginning that process by voting yes on this amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna of California, a rising star in the Democratic Party, told The Times that he hoped the vote would send a message that \u201cmore and more Democrats are recognizing the genocide in Gaza and the illegal occupation in the West Bank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The amendment split Democratic leadership, as Mr. Jeffries and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar of California voted against it, but House Minority Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts voted for it.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Randy Fine, a Florida Republican who does not hide his support of Israel, accused Mr. Massie of trying to \u201cexact his hatred\u201d for Israel and Jews and Democrats of supporting \u201cMuslim terror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Fine told The Times that the funding \u201cgives America leverage over Israel\u201d and benefits American manufacturers because it goes to the purchase of American munitions.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange for the investment, he said, Americans \u201cget intelligence sharing, we get [research and development], and we get them to be the beta test for many of our latest weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Massie spokesman John Kennedy said that the amendment wasn\u2019t about punishing Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike most of his constituents, Rep. Massie is opposed to all foreign aid. He offered amendments to defund aid to Egypt and Jordan, but he believes aid to Israel is particularly problematic now in light of the genocide they\u2019ve undertaken in Gaza,\u201d Mr. Kennedy said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4241\">Left, right and nowhere to go: Both Republicans and Democrats abandoning the center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Israeli embassy did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The growing anti-Israel faction in the Democratic Party came into view Wednesday when nearly half of the House Democratic Caucus voted to cut off military aid to the Jewish state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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