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Rahm Emanuel joins calls for end to US ‘financial aid’ to Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY Rahm Emanuel, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and a potential Democratic presidential candidate, has publicly called for an end to U.S. financial aid to Israel, suggesting that Israel should purchase U.S. weapons under the same conditions as other allies. 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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GazaU.S. Israel RelationsNetanyahuDemocratic PartyU.S. Military AidRahm EmanuelIran ConflictBill MaherMilitary Sales

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks during a House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party hearing on Capitol Hill July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Emanuel is the Jewish former mayor of Chicago who is seen as a likely 2028 Democratic presidential candidate."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Emanuel, whose father was born in Jerusalem and who volunteered as a civilian with the Israeli army during the Gulf War in the 1990s, told Maher that Israel should be able to fund its own military and implied that it might not meet the United States standards."
Israel
"Rahm Emanuel has joined growing calls for the United States to end subsidies tied to its military sales to Israel, arguing that Israel should purchase weapons on the same terms as other U.S. allies."
Iran
"Speaking of the joint U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, Emanuel said the move amounted to a violation of a rule Israels had for 78 years, arguing that Israel had long sought to avoid pulling the United States into conflicts with its neighbors."

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