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J Street says Israel should fund its own defense

JL;DR SUMMARY J Street, a progressive pro-Israel advocacy group, is calling for a reevaluation of U.S. military aid to Israel, advocating for an end to direct financial support by the end of the current $38 billion agreement in 2028. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Middle EastU.S. Israel RelationsHuman RightsProgressive PoliticsForeign PolicyDemocratic PartyJ StreetIron DomeMilitary AidJeremy Ben Ami

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Israel
"Ben-Ami added that joint research and technological investment should continue and that the U.S. should continue to sell short-range air and ballistic missile defense capabilities to Israel."
New York, United States
"most conspicuously Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who previously backed missile-defense funding"
California, United States
"and Rep. Ro Khanna of California, join calls to end all military aid to Israel."
Vermont, United States
"filed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Jewish Vermont Independent and longtime critic of U.S. aid to Israel"
South Carolina, United States
"calls by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, to gradually taper off U.S. military aid to Israel over the next decade until it reaches zero."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Speaking with the Forward during J Streets annual conference in Washington, D.C. last month, Ben-Ami outlined the organizations red lines for endorsements."

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