US lawmakers push bill to halt $3.3bn in military aid to Israel

US lawmakers push bill to halt $3.3bn in military aid to Israel Palestinian-American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib says she will support a bill seeking to block about $3.3bn in US military aid to Israel, before a vote expected later this week. “We should not spend another cent arming a military that is committing genocide in Palestine, ethnically cleansing Lebanon, and committing war crimes in Iran,” she wrote on X. “A majority of Americans and a supermajority of Democrats support ending military aid to Israel. It’s time their representatives listened.” Tlaib joins several other Democratic lawmakers who have said they will vote for the measure, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Greg Casar and Ilhan Omar. Republican Congressman Thomas Massie introduced the bill. The Kentucky lawmaker, who opposes US military interventions abroad, has also spoken against the war on Iran. Massie has drawn the anger of US President Donald Trump and lost his Republican House primary in May to a Trump-backed challenger. That contest became the most expensive US House primary race in history.