WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in U.S. aid from Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinians. The vote tally, 104-314, was not enough to attach the amendment to a broader national security spending bill, but stands as a stark accounting of the shifting attitudes that are dividing the Democratic Party and the nation over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war strategy, now approaching its third year. The House’s Democratic leadership split over the issue in what was largely seen as a test vote ahead of the U.S. midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. More than 100 Democrats voted for the amendment to strip the foreign military aid money, and almost as many voted against. Most Republicans voted to preserve the Israel aid.House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who announced he opposed the measure that would zero out the aid, insisted “that for the good of Israel and the Palestinian people, American policy in the Middle East must change.”Jeffries said in a letter to colleagues, ahead of a private caucus meeting this week where the Israel issue dominated the debate, that he believes “there are more decisive ways to achieve the urgent change necessary when it comes to the far-right Netanyahu government.”
More than half of House Democrats vote to cut Israel aid in growing split
More than half of House Democrats have voted to strip $3.3 billion in U.S. aid from Israel. The 104-314 vote Wednesday was not enough needed for passage, but it shows a deepening divide among Democrats in the aftermath of Israel's war in Gaza.










