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Khanna on voting against aid for Israel: This ‘was a stance against a blank check to Netanyahu’

Khanna on voting against aid for Israel: This ‘was a stance against a blank check to Netanyahu’

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said he voted against additional aid to Israel to oppose a “blank check” to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Khanna was one of the 37 Democrats who voted against sending more funding to Israel on Saturday amid its ongoing war in Gaza. The House approved a long-awaited foreign aid package on Saturday that includes more funding for Ukraine, Israel and U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific region. “It was a hard vote. I mean, look, it — this was a stance against a blank check for Netanyahu and offensive weapons unconditionally while he’s talking about going into Rafah with — when we know more women and children are going to die,” Khanna said on ABC’s “This Week.” “And the reason that you had people like Jamie Raskin, Lloyd Doggett, myself, who have voted for Israel aid year after year and voted for Iron Dome, take this stand, is that we wanted to make it clear that there has to be a change in strategy and no more famine and suffering in Gaza,” he …

Dozens of pro-Palestine protesters arrested outside of Biden interview

Dozens of pro-Palestine protesters arrested outside of Biden interview

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About 50 pro-Palestine protesters were arrested at NBC headquarters in New York City on Monday protesting President Biden’s appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” according to protest group Jewish Voice for Peace. The group said hundreds of its members took over the lobby of 30 Rockefeller Center, where the show is filmed. Photos show protesters donned in black shirts reading “cease fire now” alongside signs calling for a cease fire. One sign reads, “Jews to Biden: Stop Arming Genocide.” “President Biden’s deadly foreign policy has expedited weapons sales to Israel, ignored the World Court’s determination that Israel is committing genocide, suspended funding to UNRWA, and vetoed three UN ceasefire resolutions,” the group wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “The President needs to start answering to the American people – not the far-Right Israeli government indiscriminately bombing the people of Gaza, destroying 70% of infrastructure, including hospitals, universities and the electricity and water grids,” the group continued. Pressure has mounted on President Biden to back a full cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, which he has so …

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle issues grovelling apology amid MP shouts to ‘resign’ | Politics | News

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle issues grovelling apology amid MP shouts to ‘resign’ | Politics | News

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Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has issued a grovelling apology to MPs who called for him to resign over his handling of a vote about a ceasefire in Gaza. MPs shouted ‘resign’ at him while he told the chamber he thought he was “doing the right thing” when he defied official advice to give a ruling that allowed the Labour leader to avoid a major rebellion. Sir Lindsay told the Commons: “I thought I was doing the right thing and the best thing, and I regret it, and I apologise for how it’s ended up. “I do take responsibility for my actions, and that’s why I want to meet with the key players who have been involved.” SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn said he would take significant convincing that the Speaker’s position was “not now intolerable” and claimed his party had been treated with contempt. Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt claimed Sir Lindsay had “hijacked” the debate and “undermined the confidence” of the House in its long-standing rules by selecting Labour’s bid to amend the SNP …