New polling from the 2021 Chicago Council Survey found that 50% of Americans want the U.S. to restrict military aid to Israel. The survey also shows that a majority of Democrats want it restricted.
The survey, which was conducted in July, shows that there’s still a sizable partisan split on the issue. 62% of Democrats think Israel should “prohibit its use in military operations against Palestinians.” 32% are opposed to such an idea. With Republicans it’s almost the exact opposite: 32% are in favor of restrictions and 61% oppose them.
The study also indicates that there’s a growing acceptance for a one-state solution in the region. 56% of Americans said an independent Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza was acceptable, while 60% said a “one-state solution in which Israelis and Palestinians are treated as equal citizens” was acceptable.
This polling lines up with other recent studies that show domestic support for Israel is beginning to falter. In March a Gallup poll found that (for the first time ever) a majority of Democrats believe the United States should be exerting pressure on Israel, not Palestine. A Jewish Electorate Institute poll from July found that a quarter of U.S. Jews believe that Israel is an apartheid state and that 34% think Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is akin to anti-black racism in the United States.
These shifts still haven’t added up to substantial political progress. Rep. Betty McCollum’s (D-MN) historic HR 2590 aims to condition U.S. military aid to Israel but it’s currently backed by just 29 other Democrats.
“U.S. assistance intended for Israel’s security must never be used to violate the human rights of Palestinian children, demolish the homes of Palestinian families, or to permanently annex Palestinian lands,” said McCollum after introducing the legislation in April. “Peace can only be achieved by respecting human rights, especially the rights of children, and this includes the U.S. taking responsibility for how taxpayer-funded aid is used by recipient countries, Israel included. Congress must stop ignoring the unjust and blatantly cruel mistreatment of Palestinian children and families living under Israeli military occupation.”
Maybe the zionists are reading the writing on the wall, and realizing it. Today their leader was heaping praise on Biden, and lathering a lot of butter on him and the US. It is ironic to hear Biden swear eternal devotion to Israel, then mention equal rights for the Palestinians, while stating he wants to get them yet another iron dome (and most probably more weapons too). How about arming the Palestinians too, in keeping with the “equal rights” promise? Surely these occupied people need more attention, protection, and a hell of a lot of freedom?
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Opinion | Bennett is not seeking a reset at the White House. He just wants more cover for Israel’s apartheid and colonization. – The Washington Post
“Opinion: Israel’s prime minister is not seeking a reset. He just wants more cover for apartheid and colonization.” The Washington Post, August 26/21, by Noura Erekat
EXCERPT:
“This week, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made the rounds in Washington, meeting with officials from the Biden administration (a meeting at the White House was postponed on Thursday because of the attacks at Kabul airport). Both sides hope to reset the U.S.-Israeli relationship after four years of former president Trump boldly advancing expansionist Israeli interests without the liberal veneer of past U.S. administrations. The synergy between Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exposed the farcical nature of the peace process and reinforced a growing partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans regarding Israel.
“However, despite their best efforts to obfuscate reality — Israel’s settler-colonization of Palestinian lands and the apartheid regime imposed to consolidate those territorial takings and reinforce Jewish supremacy — no amount of public relations or spin can change what’s happening on the ground, or the trends that are pushing Americans away from Israel and toward supporting Palestinian freedom.
“On policy, nothing has changed. In his first eight months in office, Biden has rubber-stamped most of Trump’s most problematic moves, including moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, opposing the International Criminal Court investigation into Israeli actions, and adopting a highly problematic definition of antisemitism that conflates criticism of Israel with anti-Jewish bigotry. Biden categorically opposes any conditioning of military aid to Israel on its human rights record and has ordered his officials to fight the grassroots boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights, which is inspired by the Civil Rights and South African anti-apartheid movements. During Israel’s bombardment of Gaza in May, which killed more than 250 Palestinians, including 12 families erased from the population registry, Biden resisted repeated calls from within his own party.”
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Congress is increasingly detached from the will of the people. This is just one more example. This explains the increasing distrust of government along all political lines. The majority of the representatives in Congress are focused on their election, or re-election and keeping their nice, comfortable, well-paying jobs, complements of the MIC.
And the rest of us can scream all we want but, unless we threaten this ‘comfort zone’ of the corrupted, disengaged majority in Congress, nothing will ever really change.
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“For his part, Bennett is eager to introduce himself to Israel’s primary patron and the world. He wants to distinguish himself from Netanyahu, with whom he worked under and alongside for many years, in an effort to appease U.S. liberal Zionists desperate for a fig leaf to sustain their denial of Israeli apartheid.
“If anything, however, Bennett is even more extreme than Netanyahu. Bennett used to head the Yesha Council, the main organization that represents settlers, and unequivocally opposes Palestinian statehood. According to the agreement cementing his coalition, the new government will ‘significantly advance construction in Jerusalem,’ including Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem, and reports say he promised settler leaders there will be no settlement freeze in the rest of the West Bank either.“