Booker Calls for Congressional Action in Wake of Hamas Attacks Against Israel | U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is calling on Congress to immediately pass additional security assistance to Israel, confirm key diplomatic and military appointments, and boost resources for programs that support the security of nonprofits that may be at increased risk here at home in the wake of violence in Israel. 

“The harrowing images coming out of Israel and the rising toll of confirmed deaths and number of civilians being held hostage by Hamas -- including American citizens -- are devastating,” said Senator Booker. “We must do all we can to support the people of Israel who are facing unimaginable pain, innocent Palestinian civilians who are also victims of violence, and American families who have lost or are missing loved ones.

Booker continued, “In the wake of Hamas’ unprecedented and ongoing attacks and acts of terror, it is critical that Congress act quickly to pass additional security funding for our ally Israel, including Iron Dome replenishment.

“Additionally, the Senate must swiftly confirm nominees to key diplomatic roles in the region that have been stalled, including ambassador roles in Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Oman, and Kuwait; the State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism; and USAID’s Assistant Administrator for the Middle East. The unreasonable obstruction in the Senate holding up more than 300 US military nominees, including top officers who would command US forces in the Middle East, must end. At a time when hostilities abroad are escalating, America can ill-afford to have our military readiness and capability compromised in any way.

“We also cannot ignore the rise in antisemitism or threats to American religious communities, and we must take extra precaution here at home to ensure their safety and security. That is why Congress should increase funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which provides important resources to safeguard nonprofits that are at an increased risk of violence, including houses of worship and religious-affiliated groups across the country.”   

  • The_Caretaker@lemm.eeEnglish
    41·
    3 days ago

    This is why I didn’t vote for Harris. You can’t gaslight me into believing you care about the rights of marginalized groups of people, the environment, democracy, housing, healthcare, and freedom, while you are openly supporting fascism, apartheid and genocide with my taxes.

      • teagrrl@lemmy.ml
        17·
        2 days ago

        Ignore for a second that voting does not actually makes a difference in U.S. foreign policy.

        Every third party anti-genocide protest voter changing their vote for Harris in every battleground state is not enough to make up for the margins Harris lost by. But keep believing in the narrative that somehow it’s the left’s fault and not the goofy ass campaign decisions and Biden clinging to power until the 11th hour.

        She was always doomed.

        • FatCrab
          3·
          2 days ago

          I don’t think it makes sense to keep up with this “look what you idiots did” garbage i see so often because, as you said, it isn’t a guarantee that it would made a difference, unsolicitedly gloating at someone that their poor decision has lead to increased misery is gross and counterproductive, and it inherently reduces the ultimate culpability on Republican voters that did in fact directly vote for this and should all be held to account. That said, there is a good chance that between abstentions, third party protest votes, and the distribution of both across the critical EC votes, the movement may have tipped the scales–but there is really no way to know either way.

          • teagrrl@lemmy.ml
            9·
            2 days ago

            I’m not the one that keeps attempting to punch left and blame leftists for liberal failures. It is only liberal Harris defenders that continually bring this up. But let’s fact check this.

            The data shows that you cannot blame third party voters for the failures to garner enough voters to beat Donald Trump. Even if you convinced every single third party voter it still wouldn’t be enough. There’s no way count abstentions, but you have no proof to make the claim. Liberals need to stop making the claim and lying.

            • FatCrab
              3·
              2 days ago

              Are you replying to the wrong post? You are effectively agreeing with me but just wrapping it up in a shitty unnecessarily aggro tone?

              • teagrrl@lemmy.ml
                4·
                2 days ago

                No I am not replying to the wrong post. I am being aggressive towards the gaslighting that liberals are not to blame for their own failures. I cited the best data we have available to us and it points to the narrative that third party voters did not hand republicans the election like liberals like to claim in order to deflect all blame away from themselves. It’s an undefendable position because it is one not grounded in reality.

                • FatCrab
                  1·
                  2 days ago

                  Yea, ok. Just gonna block and move on. Another hyper aggro .ml just doing the same bullshit as libs on the flipside of the same shitsucking coin. Have the life and day you deserve!

      • thisnameisnottolong@aussie.zone
        21·
        3 days ago

        LoL, you think their vote either way is how they would make a difference. I too would not vote for anyone who is pro-genocide. What a shit voting system. Democracy my arse.

          • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
            15·
            3 days ago

            The US has never had genuine democracy. The US has political theater. Trump in power is not changing that fundamental truth, the US public has never had real democratic control to begin with.

            • Coldcell@sh.itjust.works
              4·
              3 days ago

              While I do absolutely agree, the commenters here not marshalling every effort and yes, even compromising on issues, to get the lesser of two evils elected I can’t help but see as a poorly thought out excuse. Have your disagreement over policy AFTER you prevent the catastrophe.

              The US had Turbo racist Hitler Satan running a platform of oppression to supplement and fund oligarch dictator fascism for the foreseeable never ending infinite term regime and some didn’t vote for the literal only option to stop that happening because of some infantile dream that dissenting 3rd candidate voices will matter to either side that has and always will govern. I find the moral grandstanding utterly absurd in the context of a 2 outcome race, yet here we are.

              They do have faux-democracy, they do have the illusion of representation, they are at the mercy of lobbyists and corporate corruption and bribery, but only one of the two political choices has ever taken those discussions and attempted improvements. Only one side was ever trying to regulate and debate these things, but go and see where naive optimism gets you. You’re all planning where to put your beach towels in front of a tsunami.

              • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
                13·
                3 days ago

                The thing is, the DNC is not trying to stop any of that. It’s all theater, the opposition they put on display is theatrical. Nobody seriously believed a third party would win, the goal is to encourage more people to abandon an electotalist approach to political activism and adopt a more millitant, organizational approach, which has a far better track record at actually influencing policy in a major way.

                • Coldcell@sh.itjust.works
                  2·
                  3 days ago

                  I hope I see an America that does gain enough awareness to mobilize and dismantle the systemic oppression you’re talking about. I, personally, would have voted in the party that doesn’t disappear journalists and critics, burns books and refutes facts, I would have rather taken up arms against a politician I could convince of right and wrong than a unified front devoted to evil, but that’s my heady optimism getting in the way.

                  A friend of mine said of the Bush administration that it “had to happen” to show Americans how bad it gets when you let these snakes get power, and no one would vote Republican again after they witnessed the shitshow in action. I think they were optimistic too.

          • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
            9·
            3 days ago

            You can’t vote against somebody in the US. You can only vote for people.

            A vote of “no confidence” would be great, though; the idea being that if “no confidence” won, they’d have to re-run the election with all new candidates!

            • Coldcell@sh.itjust.works
              3·
              3 days ago

              That’s the essence of proportional representation, you get to say a quantifiable amount of approval. However, in a two party ‘someone -will- win’ type system, voting for one party is directly equivalent to voting against the other. Abstaining from voting has absolutely no effect (if 98% of voters abstained, the remaining 2% would still decide the leader)

          • thisnameisnottolong@aussie.zone
            8·
            3 days ago

            Aww, my democracy is running fine bud, cause I’m not an Americunt. Besides, Donnie is not even the biggest threat to the US democracy. Their shitty two party system with both parties openly bought and paid for by oligarchs is a much more insidious threat.

            • Coldcell@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              3 days ago

              Agreed! Not singling you at all, I made a comment that intended to be more a generalised dismay at the mindset of not voting for the opposition to facism because of high ground morality.

              I agree on two party systems being more insidious against true democracy, but even so having half a country agree to such tyranny isn’t something democratic processes can fix, only voter mobilization.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    31·
    3 days ago

    Booker is a bloodthirsty murderer. I feel sick when I see liberals praising his pointless grandstanding. He’s been a sneering Zionist scumbag his whole career.

    Liberals are trying to play some kind of critical support angle with their favorite Democrats, but what they’re trying (and failing) to criticize is literal genocide. There is no “you gotta hand it to them.” They’re demons in the flesh. They’re irredeemable. No amount of liberal hand-wringing and “how dare you” will revive Palestinian women and children.

    Liberals. Please demand something better than the bare minimum. The bare minimum here is not committing genocide.

  • easily3667@lemmus.orgEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    So to be clear

    • Democrats should do something
    • But not this
    • Also he’s basically a nazi himself

    It’s amazing the well organized nazi party wins all the time

  • Kumikommunism [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    20·
    3 days ago

    When a Democrat admits to “mistakes” in their past, it’s always something like advocating for the mass-murder of brown children, and you can rest assured that they will not miss the next chance to advocate for the same thing again.

    Edit: Oh, actually, he devoted part of this rant to being pro-genocide. Nevermind, as usual, Dems are even worse than you can imagine.