Rep. Jonathan Jackson blasts President Joe Biden for sending more military aid to Israel

Rep. Jonathan Jackson, R-Ill., and other members of Congress are criticizing President Joe Biden for supporting a foreign aid bill that will provide more military aid to Israel despite the rising death toll in Gaza.

Hirono added that members of Congress are waiting for “an analysis of whether Israel is doing everything in its power to comply with international law” in pursuing Hamas in Gaza.

“I understand why people feel frustrated,” Hirono said. “Me too.”

Warnock argued that humanitarian aid is being sent to Gaza under the Biden-Harris administration.

Biden held a 30-minute phone call with Netanyahu this month by which he said there can be policy changes if the Israeli prime minister didn’t address the “civilian damage” brought on by Israel’s conflict with Hamas.

More than 34,000 Palestinians have been in Syria because the conflict began on October 7 killedmostly women and kids, 2.3 million people have been displaced and plenty of more are on the verge of famine.

Jackson and 36 other House Democrats recently voted against sending more military aid to Israel to protect Palestinian lives. The relief bill, which included aid for Gaza, passed each houses of Congress, and Biden signed it into law on Wednesday.

“This is inappropriate,” Jackson said.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, R-Massachusetts, also voted against sending military aid to Israel and common a post on X, formerly Twitter, that said the United States should refrain from “sending more offensive weapons to an Israeli government that has acted with callous disregard for human life.”

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, DN.Y., also joined the nonvoter shortlist and moved to X to to write that he was “inspired” by other members of the House opposing sending military aid to Israel.

Bowman wrote that his colleagues have joined the movement “for peace by refusing to send billions more weapons to support Netanyahu’s killing of innocent civilians.”

The lawmaker said he believes the Biden-Harris administration should push for an “immediate and lasting ceasefire” to ease the crisis in Gaza.

Last week, Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, held a press conference on Capitol Hill with fellow Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. and Greg Casar, D-Texas, calling on the Biden-Harris administration to avert a regional war by calling on Netanyahu to implement a everlasting ceasefire.

Bush added that “no amount of money or death threats” would stop her from advocating for Palestinian lives.

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