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Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024

Floor Speech

By: Ro Khanna
By: Ro Khanna
Date: Feb. 6, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. KHANNA. Mr. Speaker, I will vote ``no'' today on the $17 billion aid package which provides a blank check to Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, and the extreme rightwing government in Israel.

How dare Ben-Gvir, Israel's national security minister, have the gall to criticize America while calling for the mass expulsion of Palestinians?

I will vote ``no'' because this bill includes zero humanitarian aid while children are dying and 400,000 Gazans face famine.

I will vote ``no'' because this bill undermines human rights and international law, ignoring the recent ICJ decision calling on Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians.

I will vote ``no'' because it is painfully obvious to the entire world that what is needed today is a permanent cease-fire and the release of all hostages.

There come moments in a Nation's history when our actions reveal our values. This is such a moment. We must stand for stopping the bombing, for ending this brutal war, and for justice in the Middle East with a Palestinian state with equal rights living side by side with Israel.

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