Us aid to israel

Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson opposes US giving Israel 'blank check'

Just before the Democratic nominating convention this past summer, Jackson vowed that he would “never vote in favor of US taxpayer-funded military aid to Israel.”

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson speaks in Biddeford, Maine, on Sept. 13, 2026.
Demonstrators from the group Jewish Voice for Peace hold an emergency Passover Seder outside of ICE headquarters on April 14, 2025 in New York City. The group is calling for freedom for Palestine, the release of Mahmoud Khalil, and to protest President Trump.

Fringe rabbis recruit Jewish clergy to lobby against US military aid to Israel, halt weapons sales

Luke Bronin takes to the stage at his campaign watch party in Hartford, Connecticut after John Larson conceded in the race, resulting in Bronin’s win over the district on August 11, 2026.

AIPAC-backed candidate John Larson defeated in Connecticut Democratic primary by Luke Bronin

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Democratic Senator John Fetterman in Washington, July 29, 2026.

Fetterman rejects Gaza genocide claim, says he would rather lose voters than abandon Israel


There is no US aid to Israel, it's an investment and a debt - opinion

The United States owes a debt of gratitude to Israel for its unwavering commitment to preserving America’s security, democracy, and the well-being of its citizens.

 US PRESIDENTIAL candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has doubled back on the issue of US military aid to Israel, telling ‘Israel Hayom’ that he would consider enlarging aid to Israel if elected.

US must reduce aid given to Israel, Republican candidate Ramaswamy says

Ramaswamy’s popularity is on the rise and he is now close behind Ron DeSantis in national polls.

 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Day Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 28, 2023.

The US should not condition or end military aid to Israel - opinion

US support of Israel’s military isn’t a charitable donation; it supports vital American interests – strategic, defense, cyber, intelligence, R&D, and much more.

 The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

Time to cut US aid – it isn't keeping Israel democratic - opinion

Have they noticed that while US aid keeps flowing and growing, Israel’s “democratic nature” is being eroded by its own government?

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu demonstrated that $3.8 billion from American taxpayers doesn’t buy enough clout to slow down his judicial coup, despite pleas from the US president, says the writer.

Former NSC chiefs: Calls for US to stop aid ‘irresponsible,’ ‘damaging’

“The idea that giving up on aid will give us more freedom to act and then the Americans will stop telling us what to do with the Palestinians is irrelevant,” said Jacob Nagel.

(From left)  JACOB NAGEL, then national security adviser, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee head Avi Dichter at a 2017 meeting in the Knesset. (

Is US aid to Israel conditional? - opinion

Despite Netanyahu’s campaign pledges not to give in to American pressure, he and previous governments have repeatedly done so, even in cases where its benefit to Israel is questionable.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs Martin Indyk, in Jerusalem, in 1999.

Sullivan lands in Israel for Iran talks amid tension with new gov't

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan visits Netanyahu to discuss Iran and the Israel-Palestine conflict

President Isaac Herzog meets with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on January 18, 2023

AOC: Israeli forces killed Shireen Abu Akleh with US funding

"I think it's really important for us to have eyes on what happened with Shireen Abu Akleh in Palestine, she was killed by Israeli forces," said Ocasio-Cortez.

 US REPRESENTATIVE Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) at a news conference in Washington this week.

Letters to the editor October 18, 2021: Can Israel learn from New York?

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

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 US Reps Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) hold a news conference after Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved to formally condemn President Donald Trump's attacks on the four minority congresswomen on Capitol Hill in Washington, US