AOC vows to block future US military aid to Israel, its Iron Dome and defense

Ocasio-Cortez says Israel can fund its own defense and she will oppose any new US aid amid human rights concerns US politics live – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , a US representative, said on Wednesday that she will oppose any future US military aid to Israel, including for defensive systems. In a statement on social media, Ocasio-Cortez said that Israel was fully capable of funding “Iron Dome and other defensive systems”, and that “consistent with my voting record to date, I will not support Congress sending more taxpayer dollars and military aid to a government that consistently ignores international law and US law”. Continue reading...

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