Over 100 House Democrats vote to end military aid to Israel in rebuke to US ally

Vote underscores how sentiment in the party towards Israel and the Netanyahu government has soured More than 100 House Democrats on Wednesday voted to slash military aid to Israel, a significant rebuke of the longtime US ally as accusations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government green-lit genocide in Gaza continue to convulse the party ahead of November’s midterm election. The amendment proposed by Republican congressman Thomas Massie to a spending measure would have halted $3.3bn i