“It is clear that progressive Democrats’ opposition to arms sales to Israel will only increase each time Israel has to fight its way out of a corner.”
In Montgomery’s opinion, “the IDF should be identifying, procuring and storing away as many U.S. munitions as they can afford, and then some. Right now, President Trump will sell Israel anything, and Israel has to focus its short-term resources—the next 3-4 years’ budget—on attacking any and all shortfalls.”
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“Military aid to Israel is liable to encounter significant opposition in the next Congress,” Gilboa said, pointing to the midterm elections in November 2026. He identified a convergence of interests between “progressives in the Democratic Party” and “isolationists and right-wing extremists” in the Republican Party.
According to Gilboa, Democratic criticism has mutated from procedural complaints to substantive opposition regarding Israeli combat operations themselves.
“This is not theoretical; they did this during the war [-> genocide] ,” he noted. Internal primary battles are pressuring candidates to condemn Israel, said Gilboa, adding, “It is very worrying.”
Why are they getting worried…? Is Israel doing something wrong? Surely not???
It is clear that progressive Democrats’ opposition to arms sales to Israel will only increase each time Israel has to fight its way out of a corner.
Well that’s going to happen when the “corner” is the existence of the Palestinian people and the “fight” is Israel perpetrating a genocide. You can put your propaganda spin on it, but the fact stands: Israel is committing the worst crimes against humanity and anyone with any moral sense at all would want to deny them the means to do it.
By the time we actually do anything there won’t be any Palestinians left in Gaza or the West Bank.
I will say that West Bank won’t be the last tragedy created by human hands and at least if we get people in office with their heads on straight then we can hopefully prevent future tragedies
The only problem with that is those Democrats that are identified as progressive are never given any positions of power To make any form of change that threatens the current systems.
