Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a US representative, said on Wednesday that she will oppose any future US military aid to Israel, including for defensive systems.

In a statement on social media, Ocasio-Cortez said that Israel was fully capable of funding “Iron Dome and other defensive systems”, and that “consistent with my voting record to date, I will not support Congress sending more taxpayer dollars and military aid to a government that consistently ignores international law and US law”.

Her remarks on Wednesday follow reports that she pledged to oppose any future military aid to Israel during a New York City Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) forum on Tuesday evening.

“Our allies who need our military aid must understand that we will provide it consistent with the Leahy amendment and the foreign assistance act”, Ocasio-Cortez added, referring to a law which prohibits the US from providing military support to army units that violate human rights.

According to City & State, which obtained a partial recording of the DSA forum, Ocasio-Cortez told members: “I have not once ever voted to authorize funding to Israel, and I will never,” adding that “the Israeli government should be able to finance their own weapons if they seek to arm themselves.”

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    17 hours ago

    Did you advocate for a better candidate or for the candidate to take a better position? If so, please show the class.

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        17 hours ago

        You have no idea what I did or didn’t do. But even a cursory view of your comment history shows that you are an avowed blue-Maga zionist, who worked tirelessly to ensure the DNC remained pro-israel.

        The state of the country: Its your fault and its how all of history will remember you. You are why Trump won, because you wouldnt demand better. The genocide in Israel the the US funded, Kids in Cages, Totalitarian police states: You are completely fine with all of that as long as the Blue team is winning.

        And thats the difference. I oppose those things regardless of which team is promoting them. And this is written at this point. The whole world knows you for what you are now and your side lost any semblance of control of the narrative when your masks slipped in 2024. Your just a fascist in a blue hat.

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              It’s not hard to get to the modlog for your account. It’s kinda one of the perks of being in the fediverse.

              There’s a reason you’ve been labelled a Zionist so many times.

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                I don’t know about modlogs. But I do know that if people like me are being labeled “zionist”, then the term has lost as much meaning as “antisemitic” at this point.

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                    14 hours ago

                    Thanks. Yeah I got myself banned from all the tankie communities lol

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                  17 hours ago

                  reason: Supporter of Palestinian Genocide, Genocide Denial of indigenous people by the USA, Historic Revisionism of the concept of Genocide, Zionist and Blue MAGA

                  Saw a bunch of sinophobia in there, too. What a fun account you’ve got going on lol

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            17 hours ago

            Not a zionist, just #1 apologist for zionists. And getting like, top ranks in the modlog for being a zionist.

            Gottit blueMaggot. Anything else you want to put on the record?