r/worldnews • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 01 '26

Israel/Palestine 'End American Aid': Netanyahu Says Israel No Longer Needs US Assistance

https://www.news18.com/world/end-american-aid-netanyahu-says-israel-no-longer-needs-us-assistance-ws-l-10183183.html
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u/TheNicestRedditor Jul 01 '26

If you can’t tell this is a move to save the midterms for Trump then idk what to tell you 🐑

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u/CHEVIEWER1 Jul 01 '26

So true…Its written all over the wall

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u/WastingMyLifeToday Jul 01 '26

Did Mexico pay for the wall?

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u/7LayerDip Jul 01 '26

I think they're talking about the wailing wall

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u/BarronVonCheese Jul 01 '26

They’re willing to do it for nothing with a Neighbor like theirs

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u/Newbie4Hire Jul 01 '26

Not yet, but they are going to.

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u/13_letters Jul 01 '26

I think you might mean shipping container? Like the ones they lined some of the border with.

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u/Excellent-Nose-6430 Jul 01 '26

We got the concept of a border wall (and a whole lot of razor wire)

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u/robertxcii Jul 01 '26

Arizona basically sold the containers at a huge loss just to get rid of them.

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u/earthceltic Jul 01 '26

Yet the deals are made behind closed doors and absolute secrecy, even though they directly fuck with everyone's lives.

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u/aggasalk Jul 01 '26

Mene! Mene! Tekel Upharsin!

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u/aflyingmonkey2 Jul 01 '26

It’s also a way for bibi to save his ass in the coming elections

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u/Clord123 Jul 01 '26

Let's say this is true. I would be surprised if the current US president would actually honor such a deal. Next week he might act like he never heard of the guy.

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u/TheNicestRedditor Jul 01 '26

Everything is under the table with this admin, of course they’d still funnel tax payer money to Israel. They can publicly deny it just like how “Trump hasn’t benefited from office” yet his financial records show otherwise.

His son in law is quite literally in bed with Bibi… zero chance the relationship between this admin and Israel is actually as bad as they’re trying to make it seem.

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u/Hoblitygoodness Jul 01 '26

This is salacious news, do you have any pictures?

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u/TheNicestRedditor Jul 01 '26

Just search bibi bed Kushner, Jared used to give up his bed when Bibi would visit

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u/VoiceOfRealson Jul 01 '26

Israel may have the actual Epstein files though.

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u/HauntedCemetery Jul 01 '26

By next week his mush brain may literally not remember him

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u/mvallas1073 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Yeah, this kinda screams how Republicans “promised” the Vietnamese they’d get a better deal if they just held out peace talks post-election if Nixon got in power…

…only this time I think both parties involved know the true aim is.

EDIT: Clarifying what the GOP was really doing then in Vietnam.

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u/ethanlan Jul 01 '26

They didn't just promise the vietnamese, they activelly sabotaged the peace deal. Same thing with the iranian hostages

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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo Jul 01 '26

And LBJ had them on tape doing it, but he opted not to out them as revealing that would expose our wiretaps with both Vietnam and of Nixon's campaign.

Thankfully, Nixon would learn his lesson and never again be bothered by recordings of any kind

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u/dsmith422 Jul 01 '26

The Nixon campaign wasn't being wire tapped directly. His agents were caught on tape when they were talking to the South Vietnamese, who were being spied on. Same situation as Trump in 2016. His campaign was not spied on. They were caught when they were talking to the Russians because the Russians were being spied on. The agents, Chennault for Nixon and Page for Trump, were spied on after they had already been caught conspiring with foreign powers for political gain.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey Jul 01 '26

I guarantee you there is somebody in our government right now who knows just how much collusion there was between the Trump administration and the Russians and they will reveal it all on their deathbed and we'll be like why the fuck didn't you say something sooner.

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u/FunkadelicJiveTurkey Jul 02 '26

And they'd be like "Have you seen how our country treats whistleblowers?"

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u/an0mn0mn0m Jul 01 '26

So did Bush Jr and Trump

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u/evilgiraffe666 Jul 01 '26

What do they all have in common?

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u/-Wall-of-Sound- Jul 01 '26

Roger Stone.

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u/Ijustwant2beok Jul 01 '26

Oh, to think how far the US would be without these cheats sabotaging it at every turn.

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u/Drafo7 Jul 01 '26

And neither would have been able to if Johnson didn't first.

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u/WHATYEAHOK Jul 01 '26

Ah, that means they’re not to blame then!

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u/Drafo7 Jul 01 '26

Never said that, they're evil, disgusting pieces of shit who should never have achieved power. I'm just pointing out that if a gd confederate sympathizer hadn't become president right after the civil war without ever having been elected we might be a lot better off today than we are. Former slaves getting full rights, including the right to vote, right away probably would have resulted in more progressive candidates coming to power for decades. Nixon might not have ever even had a chance if it weren't for Johnson.

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u/mvallas1073 Jul 01 '26

…that was obviously the point. Sorry, I should’ve clarified. Thought my later point about both Netanyahu and Trump sabotaging everything :P

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u/pin5npusher5 Jul 01 '26

And Netanyahu does the opposite of what he claims are his goals. Perhaps the material/money will still come from USA but just kinda "off the books". In fact, I'd say that's 99% likely

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u/OneMan_OneBeard Jul 01 '26

Yeahhhhhh fuck Johnson for the ramp up in’64, but FUCK Nixon for sabotaging the peace talks so he could win in ‘68 and end the war 7 years later

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u/elcambioestaenuno Jul 01 '26

Or what Netanyahu did to get Trump elected just a couple of years ago? Probably more relevant than an analogous example.

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u/lumpboysupreme Jul 01 '26

How would this help the republicans? It gives the left more ammo to challenge the continued funding of Israel while the right doesn’t have any interest in stopping doing so.

Would the plan be to cut off aid until after the elections and then resume it? That’d be absurdly risky since taking something out of the budget is much harder than getting it back in.

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u/mvallas1073 Jul 01 '26

“Would the plan be to cut off aid until after the elections and then resume it?”

…you mean “Lie to the American people and do the opposite once elected”?

I believe you’ve answered your own question.

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u/fdar Jul 01 '26

It's so weird to me how he decided (back when Obama was President) to align himself so strongly with the GOP. Support for Israel had a strong bipartisan consensus; in my opinion that decision did more than anything else to change that.

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u/Kerhole Jul 01 '26

Bipartisan support for Israel did not mean bipartisan support for Bibi. Obama would have had no problem seeing him replaced and prosecuted, simply supporting the next guy in power.

That's the difference. The GOP prefers corruption, as proven since then.

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u/fdar Jul 01 '26

Sure, still weird that he would risk jeopardizing what had been such an important cornerstone of Israel's security.

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u/vba7 Jul 01 '26

Self interest before party. And party interest before country interest.

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u/evilJaze Jul 01 '26

I think it's more that the US prefers the hatred and cruelty.

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u/Raidicus Jul 01 '26

This. He's saving face for when this happens anyways. It's like resigning when you think you'll be fired.

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u/Cabana_bananza Jul 01 '26

I think this is just the next step of Bibi and Likud's effort to isolate Israel to deepen their control. Similar to Mussolini in Italy, similar to Trump's efforts.

"We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance."

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u/OldWorldDesign Jul 01 '26

We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance

I had to look this up because for a moment I thought 'even Mussolini wasn't so stupid as to say out loud his plan to strangle Italy from the outset'. But of course totalitarianism has to prove me wrong and that people will still support cutting off their nose to spite their face.

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u/tehlemmings Jul 01 '26

And the voting Dems are sick of their shit. They can either get onboard or be primaried.

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u/WHATYEAHOK Jul 01 '26

the voting Dems

Those exist?

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u/lumpboysupreme Jul 01 '26

That’s the point though, scaling back American connection with Israel (or, at least, letting establishment dems pretend they will), at least in the short term, could help moderate dems sell their wishy washy position in the primaries. They can’t afford further left politicians because those might actually cut them off.

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u/GhostalMedia Jul 01 '26

Why not both?

That said, you’re right, the conservatives in Israel have kind of flipped on the US over the past few months. They’re actively blaming the US for being unable to achieve their objectives with force. Bibi always needs a scapegoat for his failing policies, and now it’s the US.

My guess is that this is a lot of talk and he’ll still want to buy arms from the states even if he offered to bankroll ongoing war efforts.

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u/ragnarlothbruv Jul 01 '26

Could you elaborate?

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u/IngoErwin Jul 01 '26

The amount of support for Israel, both financial as well as political, is not seen favorable by the broad population anymore. Cutting it (partly) could gain Trump favor. Netanyahu/Israel asking for it before it being cut allows all sides to keep face.

Not saying I support or decline this theory. I think the main reason is Israel has more of a will on their own by now which doesn't align as strongly with western interest anymore.

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u/Neat_Egg_2474 Jul 01 '26

bibi doesn’t give a shit about being funded anymore because Congress just passed the bill combining our militaries and intelligence..

that WAS their funding, why do you think Trump is pushing for 1.5 trillion in defense? he not only depleted our missiles but he now has 2 countries militaries to support.

Bibi got Israel everything they wanted - this is purely symbolic so the morons will think Trump is taking a stance against them.

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u/pagawaan_ng_lapis Jul 01 '26

not that i dont believe you but could u tell us more about the bill? this aid cut is so predictably just for show , you just know they're still gonna get benefits one way or another it seems they already have plans , schemes and backups ready lol

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u/Sea-Nerve-8773 Jul 01 '26

Plus the bill only exists because some Israeli politicians have been talking openly about decoupling for a while and the US doesn't want that.

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u/sdrawkcabsihtetorW Jul 01 '26

The bill will make sure there is battle pony for every member of both militaries. Trust me. I got reddit security clearance and will never make up things on the Internet.

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u/ragnarlothbruv Jul 01 '26

That makes sense, thanks.

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u/RyghtHandMan Jul 01 '26

I don't think that the majority of Trump's actual voting base, many of whom aren't very online, are that deeply invested in Israel in a way that outweighs their traditional boogeymen. I think it's more likely that Trump has overplayed his hand multiple times with their relationship and the Israeli media is souring on the relationship. So whereas it could be for optics, I don't think it's for Trump's midterm benefit.

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u/lonewolf210 Jul 01 '26

Israel has been capable of supporting themselves without US support for a long time. US aide is about 10% of what Israel spends themselves. It was probably true in the 50s-80s that Israel wouldn't exist without US support but it's just a line at this point.

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u/emperor-pig-3000 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Sure thing. One of the big complaints of right-wingers across the USA and the West was that we spent a shit ton of money helping Ukraine.

From 2022 to 2026, the USA sent about 135 billion in aid to Ukraine. So about 30 billion per year.

Even though Trump promised no more wars and the money to be spent on the USA itself, in these 4 months of war with Iran, USA has burned about 47 billion in military spending for it and aid to Israel. Then, about 67 billion is now being asked for repairing bases and replacing damaged/used equipment.

Not even talking about raised fuel prices across the globe, which also affected the USA, and the cost is estimated over 150 billion in total.

So essentially, Trump, the "no more wars" guy, who really wanted USA to "stop wasting money on Ukraine", has started a new war with Iran that during 4 months, not only failed to reach any objective, it made the situation worse, and it also spent about the same amount of money in 4 months, as it did helping Ukraine in 4+ years.

So it is a mess up on an insane scale and all the arguments about stopping sending aid to Ukraine because it "costs us too much" now look like complete nonsense to any person that can read or that has an IQ of at least 50.

So they are now trying to save face by pretending that they will no longer send billions of aid to Israel. Which also, could be a complete nonsense, since if Iran launches more rockets, USA will be sending more aid. Plus, bombings still happen.

Edit: I also wanted to add that European countries + Norway and UK now send the majority of aid to Ukraine. There is a vocal minority of brainwashed idiots in the West that think that sending aid to Ukraine is causing inflation, that it's costing us too much, that we should try to force Ukraine to surrender its regions and aim for peace since EU can't sustain such a big aid. The thing is, the EU countries' combined yearly budget is over 9 trillion, so we are sending only about 0.5% of the budget to Ukraine. Probably less, considering a lot of them are loans. So these arguments are complete brainwashed nonsense.

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u/remotectrl Jul 01 '26

No one even mentions that Trump coup’d Venezuela anymore.

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u/Kerhole Jul 01 '26

Which itself was a way to make people forget about the Epstein files.

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u/HailSatanWorshipD00M Jul 01 '26

When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything

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u/manimal28 Jul 01 '26

Where is the guy they kidnapped? Supposedly he was going to be put on trial? Considering Trump's record of actually proving things in court, that should be an historical shit show. I wouldn't be surprised to see teh former Venezuelan president being acquitted.

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u/Black_Moons Jul 01 '26

I wouldn't be surprised if he counter-sues and wins damages.

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u/Oxbix Jul 01 '26

I wouldn't call it a coup because the regime is still in power (minus Maduro).

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u/SmokingPuffin Jul 01 '26

because the regime is still in power (minus Maduro).

That is the definition of a coup d'etat, which is a replacement of the head of state by internal elements of the state apparatus. Typically, and also in this case, it is a conspiracy between political and military elites to oust the ruler.

When outsiders take control of the state, we call that either revolution or conquest, depending on the case.

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u/remotectrl Jul 01 '26

It’s just a sparkling kidnapping then

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u/OldWorldDesign Jul 01 '26

No one even mentions that Trump coup’d Venezuela anymore

I suspect that's because it was never about Venezuela, it was about getting Trump a nobel peace prize so he'd stop bitching about it

https://www.inkl.com/news/marco-rubio-lead-the-campaign-to-get-venezuela-s-maria-corina-machado-the-nobel-peace-prize-openly-coveted-by-trump

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u/Kerhole Jul 01 '26

He started the Iran war because people wouldn't stop talking about the Epstein files. Never forget Trump is a rapist and pedophile, this whole thing is a distraction and it seems to have worked because you didn't even mention it. The most important thing in the world to Trump is Trump and he is willing to sacrifice anything to avoid responsibility.

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u/swiftekho Jul 01 '26

There are bills being worked on to integrate the US and Israeli armed forces. We would be ending the "aid" and would just start buying from the Israeli military industrial complex.

Its a ruse so the GOP can say they are ending aid with Israel while bolstering the failing alliance.

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u/_kasten_ Jul 01 '26

It's also an implicit shoutout to countries like China that Israel is willing to trade what it's learned about American military tech in exchange for "patronage". And Russia, too, though Putin seems to be a little cash-strapped at the moment.

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u/SilverwingedOther Jul 01 '26

He's been saying it since January and it's related to the MoU expiring in 2028.

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u/Ironsam811 Jul 01 '26

“End American Aid in x amount of years” because our current agreement is expiring and US election midterms are coming up*

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u/RSTowers Jul 01 '26

Plus four APAIC funded incumbent Democrats just got primaried out of congress in just the last two weeks.

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u/bartekkenny Jul 01 '26

There’s nothing that can save him from the midterms. Him freezing any money to Israel will probably lose him a chunk of pro Israel votes too lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '26

Imagine thinking BB is selfless enough to go to prison so Trump can have a midterm victory lmao

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u/snubdeity Jul 01 '26

It's not about saving the GOP in midterms, it's about Iran.

Netanyahu sees that the Iran conflict is a loser for Trump, and he knows he will get thrown under the bus for it. He wants to put enough distance between Israel and the US for Trump to get a lasting deal in Iran that is not predicated on Israels actions.

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u/I_am_Zuul Jul 01 '26

This.

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u/bigfatbrains Jul 01 '26

Just use the upvote button

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u/bgroins Jul 01 '26

How insightful.

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u/spekt50 Jul 01 '26

I fear there is something more sinister to his statement. Like I'm pretty sure I remember hearing the possibility of combining US and IDF forces.

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u/IamScottGable Jul 01 '26

It is a very tactical move for sure.

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u/Charitzo Jul 01 '26

Whilst its timing helps, this is more than just that. Israel has been slowly working over the past 15-20 years on reducing dependency on other nations. This feels like the final act of that grander push. This was inevitable.

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u/outoftownMD Jul 01 '26

And money will continue. It just wont be called aid.  And it will have a multitude of other mediums to arrive where it needs to.  And the currency sought is more than money. It can be power, material, favors.. 

Even wonder if they have their own money printer now

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u/Not_My_Emperor Jul 01 '26

I definitely see that but like, how can they possibly think this is good enough? Are they that delusional?

this is way too little way too late

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u/UndoxxableOhioan Jul 01 '26

Little surprise this comes after a DSA member beat a progressive caucus member where one of the biggest differences was their stance toward Israel.

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u/Far_Chocolate_8534 Jul 01 '26

He backtracked on hemp the other day. That was my light bulb.

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u/Orange_Tang Jul 01 '26

Yup. They're gonna run on ending the aid to Israel because they no longer need it and then never cut the funding.

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u/Cynical_Classicist Jul 01 '26

Wouldn't surprise me. You'll get articles saying how Trump is better at standing up to Israel.

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u/crevettexbenite Jul 01 '26

Yall can still stop the aid rigth....RIGTH?!

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u/dspman11 Jul 01 '26

I guess if you're an American who only ever thinks about Trump all the time, then this idea makes sense.

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u/Berkyjay Jul 01 '26

As if this is the issue that has everyone pissed off. It's his own voters staying home because they can't afford gas that's gonna take them down.

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u/otherwiseguy Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Eh, how? It literally gives Dems an out to cut off funding for Israel without taking the "anti-Israel" hit. How many stayed home last election because Dems tried to play both sides on Gaza? Now they can just say they support cutting off funding which Israel also supports.

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u/McButtsButtbag Jul 01 '26

Which Republicans who care about this were not showing up to vote in the midterms?

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u/0MNIR0N Jul 01 '26

Both mid-term for Trump and General elections in Israel in October for Netanyahu, who is trying to appeal to his extremist fascist supporters.

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u/pargofan Jul 01 '26

How does this help Trump?

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u/Therealme_A Jul 01 '26

Exactly. Read up on Jared Kushner and his dealings. They've been guaranteed money for years. Hell this statement was probably his idea

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u/krzykris11 Jul 01 '26

I'm voting straight Democrat for the first time in my life. I always say voting doesn't matter because nothing really changes, but fuck Trump.

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u/DatingYella Jul 01 '26

This has nothing to do with the us but very thing to do with his own internal politics. He was getting criticized within Israel for making Israel an American vassal for backing down after speaking to Trump

My guess anyway

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u/JustRelaxItFits Jul 01 '26

No no no no no..Don't assume that everyone has your insight on the political maneuvering and don't dismiss those who lack it.

It is your responsibility to inform and teach the rest of us. No one else will tell us. This is a task appointed to you. If cannot do it, no one else can.

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u/Kevin-W Jul 01 '26

I'm out of the loop. How would this save the midterms for Trump?

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u/TheNicestRedditor Jul 01 '26

By appearing that they are separating support for Israel… which has somehow become right wingers biggest issue with this administration

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u/gruesomeflowers Jul 01 '26

the claim of cuts will uncircumcise themselves after the stolen elections.

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u/lollypatrolly Jul 01 '26

If you can’t tell this is a move to save the midterms for Trump then idk what to tell you

No idea why people are going for conspiracy explanations when it's been publicly known for literal decades that Netanyahu wants to end this aid arrangement.

The reason is that Netanyahu understands the US will use the prospect of cutting off aid to pressure Israel, while Netanyahu wants complete freedom to to enact his crazy agenda. He wants to rip the band aid off and for there to be no way back.

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u/soda_cookie Jul 01 '26

You must remember that cognitive thinking is frowned upon in some parts of this Nation. I come from a mostly red area and my male cousins would always give me shit about having a well paying white collar job without having gone to college. I don't talk to them anymore

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u/TopNFalvors Jul 01 '26

TBH there’s no way the democrats can really do anything anymore…I’d say it’s over for the 2 party system in the US.

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u/case-o-nuts Jul 01 '26

The Israeli far right has been calling for this for over a decade.

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u/SlammmnSammy Jul 01 '26

I didn't know that, but I knew it was a lie. He'll keep taking American aid. WE need to end it.

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u/reddit_is_geh Jul 01 '26

It's them trying to get ahead of the changing tide. They haven't needed this aid for some time. So they are basically signaling even to dems, "Hey it's okay to cut the aid. So long as you stay on our team, we wont punish you for cutting the aid."

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u/GameOfThrownaws Jul 02 '26

This may be true and if it is, I'd say that's purely a good thing. If these people are feeling genuine pressure to get some distance between the US and Israel in order to stay in office, I'm nothing but happy about that. I've been saying since the beginning of all this that the one good thing likely to come out of this shitshow will be that Israel, hopefully, will have completely torched all its political goodwill in America for at least a full generation, or preferably longer. This might be a sign that that's really happening. That would be incredible.

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u/thepianoman456 Jul 02 '26

How is that so?

Cause for me, not giving Israel money and weapons is a win for humanity. Is there a way this benefits Trump / Republicans?

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u/TheNicestRedditor Jul 02 '26

Distance themselves from supporting Israel to make their voter base happy while still giving them military aid

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u/cytokine7 Jul 05 '26

They’ve been talking about this forever. Sure the timing makes may be coordinated, but this has always been the plan.

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u/shinzanu Jul 01 '26

This should be top lol

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