Should the Netherlands continue to support Israel?
The U.S. currently gives $38 billion to Israel every year in foreign aid assistance. Most of the aid is used by Israel to buy American military hardware, such as jets and components for missile defense. $38 billion is 50% of the United States’ foreign aid budget for 2017. Opponents argue that the aid given to Israel is unnecessary since the country provides free healthcare and college tuition to its citizens. Proponents argue that the aid is necessary to promote democracy in the Middle East and maintain a balance of power with other countries in the region.
53% Yes |
47% No |
38% Yes |
38% No |
11% We should give equal support to Israel and Palestine. |
4% No, we should be less involved |
3% Yes, but respect Israel’s sovereignty and do not dictate how it should interact with its neighbors |
2% No, we should not give aid to any foreign nations |
0% Yes, and increase funding in order to move our embassy to Jerusalem |
1% Not the current administration |
0% Yes, and with more aid and support |
1% No, cut all support and aid |
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We should both support the creation of Palestine and the sovereignty of Israel.
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give aid to the poeple of both and the government of neither
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Yes, but at conditions such as respecting Palestine's right to sovereignty.
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Yes, but with enforceable sanctions for continued settlements. Existing settlements past the 1968 boundaries should be limited to military outposts.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) plans to bring separate bills funding Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to the House floor, in a maneuver aimed at breaking a monthlong deadlock over a $95 billion foreign-aid package the Senate passed earlier this year.Johnson briefed colleagues on the details of the bills in a closed-door meeting of House Republicans. He has faced intense pressure to pass legislation to help rearm Israel following an attack by Iran and fulfill his long-stalled pledge to further fund Ukraine. He also plans a fourth bill that includes a proposal to use seized Russian assets to help pay for aid to Kyiv. The fourth bill also includes the House legislation that forces a sale or ban of TikTok in the U.S. The legislation won’t have any provisions related to immigration, according to Republicans leaving the meeting. Johnson said he hadn’t determined whether the four bills, if passed, would be sent separately or as a package to the Senate.Ukraine would receive $48.43 billion in the package.
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I’m not sold on the idea that firing 300+ drones and missiles was only meant to be “performative” and not inflict real damage. Seems like if that was your goal, you could accomplish it without wasting so many valuable munitions. But who knows
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President Joe Biden deliberately kept a low public profile following Iran’s attacks against Israel over the weekend, hoping that his absence from the spotlight would help deescalate the situation.White House aides on Sunday discussed the idea of Biden delivering a national address after Israel, in conjunction with U.S. forces, shot down the vast majority of the 300 drone and missile launches from Iran forces seeking to avenge the killing of senior paramilitary leaders.But while scheduling was fluid, there were no immediate plans for Biden to address an American audience on the conflict in the Middle East, according to six officials, granted anonymity to discuss sensitive internal planning. Advisers assessed that a major presidential event, such as a televised address, would likely escalate the tensions and may provoke Tehran, two of the officials said.“Putting the president behind the Resolute Desk turns up the temperature,” said one of those officials. “That’s something to ideally avoid.”Such an approach remains consistent with how Biden has operated throughout the conflict in the Middle East that began soon after Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7. But it has also, at times, left the impression that he is captive to events rather than using the powers of his office to shape them.In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks, Biden hugged Netanayhu and then delivered a national address widely deemed as one of the most pro-Israel speeches from a sitting president.Since then, he has largely stayed out of the fray. While he has continued to pledge support for Israel, he has also privately grown critical of its conduct of the war. But his public condemnations of Israeli leadership for the killing of thousands of civilians in Gaza have often come in the form of an answer to a stray question from a reporter or a readout of a call with Netanyahu.
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