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The House on Saturday passed a $95 billion aid package that includes two long-awaited bills with $60.8 billion of Ukraine aid and $26 billion in aid to Israel.

The Ukraine bill, which passed with 311 votes in favor, 112 votes against, and one present, will now head to the Senate alongside the Israel aid bill and two others — one with aid for Taiwan and another that forces Tiktok's parent company to sell it.

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[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 119 points 8 months ago

Why does Israel need aid? To help them invade someone more?

[-] crossover@lemmy.world 39 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The realpolitik answer is that they’re the only country in the region with highly functioning western-style market economy. That is valuable to other functioning western style market economies. Its a system trying to help itself propagate.

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The way your 'y's alling on this post made my day! (mildly)

[-] capem@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago

That doesn't make any sense, considering support for Israel was the main cause behind the 9/11 attacks.

Seems like support for Israel is good for one nation: Israel.

[-] Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 1 points 8 months ago

The cause of 9/11 is US influence in the land of Mecca.

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 34 points 8 months ago

They need the moneys to genocide harder, better, faster, stronger.

[-] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 24 points 8 months ago

Wowowow, keep Daft Punk out of this

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

But how can we when the Israeli apartheid regime is trying to take their shitshow around the world around the WORld?

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 8 points 8 months ago

I guess shells are in high demand, currently. I don't expect much but I hope the Senate votes it down or removes the majority of the Israel aid package. Currently it's about 12 Billion USD worth of various support in addition to 14 Billion "Unconditional Military Support" while dealing with Iran.

If I had to rationalize it, I expect they simply want to give the bare minimum to avoid requiring sending soldiers to invade Iran directly. In my opinion, we'd be justified to "invade" Israel and oust the Netanyahu administration, solving the entire problem a lot cheaper.

[-] shikitohno@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

If I had to rationalize it, I expect they simply want to give the bare minimum to avoid requiring sending soldiers to invade Iran directly.

Nah, the bare minimum to avoid sending soldiers to Iran is whatever it costs to send Israel a message saying "Lol, get fucked."

Israel has made their bed, let them lie in it now. I really don't see the US being able to sell an invasion of Iran at this point.

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