The White House has called on Congress to approve aid to Israel and Ukraine, but Republicans oppose any measure that excludes provisions to address security on the U.S.-Mexico border.
To be precise, Bernie opposes unconditional aid. He’s not completely opposed to any aid to Israel whatsoever; He wants to stipulate the aid under the condition that the Israel government does more to safeguard the lives of uninvolved Palestinian civilians.
The entire article seems designed to confuse if not intentionally mislead the reader.
“Unconditional” certainly would have fit in the title.
Or, if not, it could have been added to the text below the title that instead juxtaposes Republican opposition as if to suggest Bernie has the same interests as Republicans.
Or, it could have at least been in the first paragraph where they state Bernie’s opposition again.
But no, you have to read through nearly half the article to find that important qualifier in paragraph 5.
It’s hard to imagine this is anything other than an attempt to misrepresent his position.
It seems that way because it is. It’s a for-profit media company, owned and run by rich neoliberals, who are shareholders in other for-profit companies owned by neoliberals, reporting on someone who is a genuine threat to that system.
Most of the “left vs right” in politics and media is just an elaborate pantomime to vie for market share. The moment someone is a genuine threat to neoliberalism, watch them all unite to take them down.
Why does it matter? The current Israel money and weapons are conditional with stipulations against the war crimes and genocide they are currently doing. But no one from the President to Congress is doing anything about it.
To be precise, Bernie opposes unconditional aid. He’s not completely opposed to any aid to Israel whatsoever; He wants to stipulate the aid under the condition that the Israel government does more to safeguard the lives of uninvolved Palestinian civilians.
The entire article seems designed to confuse if not intentionally mislead the reader.
“Unconditional” certainly would have fit in the title.
Or, if not, it could have been added to the text below the title that instead juxtaposes Republican opposition as if to suggest Bernie has the same interests as Republicans.
Or, it could have at least been in the first paragraph where they state Bernie’s opposition again.
But no, you have to read through nearly half the article to find that important qualifier in paragraph 5.
It’s hard to imagine this is anything other than an attempt to misrepresent his position.
It seems that way because it is. It’s a for-profit media company, owned and run by rich neoliberals, who are shareholders in other for-profit companies owned by neoliberals, reporting on someone who is a genuine threat to that system.
Most of the “left vs right” in politics and media is just an elaborate pantomime to vie for market share. The moment someone is a genuine threat to neoliberalism, watch them all unite to take them down.
Why does it matter? The current Israel money and weapons are conditional with stipulations against the war crimes and genocide they are currently doing. But no one from the President to Congress is doing anything about it.
No they’re not conditional anymore. Genocide Joe removed all restrictions for israel targeting civilians recently.
https://theintercept.com/2023/11/25/biden-israel-weapons-stockpile-arms-gaza/
Has he written anything specific up on it, or is he grandstanding?