The $17billion dollar military aid package for Israel approved by the US Congress on Saturday will deepen US involvement in genocide, the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) warned Tuesday.
The group urged senators still to vote on the bill to shut it down.
“CAIR is calling on all US senators to support and vote ‘Yes’ on Senator Bernie Sanders’ latest amendments to condition US military aid on whether Israel is violating human rights in Gaza, and restore funding for UNRWA so children in Gaza don’t starve,” it said in a statement.
The funding bill includes $9.1bn set aside for Israel’s “humanitarian needs”, while cruelly and explicitly excluding Unwra from the largesse.
Specifically, the allocation will see:
• $5.2bn go to Israel’s missile and rocket defence system;
• $3.5bn for advanced weapons systems and $1bn to enhance weapons output;
• $4.4bn for other supplies and services; and
• $9.2bn for humanitarian purposes, including Gaza and the West Bank.
Dollars for Israel deepens US ties to genocide, CAIR says
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