Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. has determined that an Israeli military unit committed grave human-rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank before the war in Gaza.
He don’t. They’re talking about “blocking” weapons from one group. Which is a joke. Once they’re delivered to the IDF, there’s zero way to enforce that in the real world,
He couldn’t have vetoed it without vetoing Ukraine aid, Taiwan aid, and Palestinian aid too, fyi. While the house passed it as 4 separate bills, the senate combined it all into one.
He should have vetoed the Israel aid bill.
He don’t. They’re talking about “blocking” weapons from one group. Which is a joke. Once they’re delivered to the IDF, there’s zero way to enforce that in the real world,
He couldn’t have vetoed it without vetoing Ukraine aid, Taiwan aid, and Palestinian aid too, fyi. While the house passed it as 4 separate bills, the senate combined it all into one.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/senate-vote-israel-ukraine-aid-dg/index.html
They were 4 separate bills. 4 separate laws. With 4 separate votes in both houses.
It would have been unusual, given the horse trading. But I’m pretty sure he could have.