Last week, more than 100 House Democrats voted to cut off military aid to Israel. Though the amendment failed because some Democrats and almost all Republicans voted against it, it exposed something far more significant than the legislative outcome: The bipartisan consensus that shielded Israel from meaningful congressional scrutiny for generations is beginning to fracture.
For decades, military assistance for the Israeli army was among Washington’s most sacrosanct commitments enforced by both parties, influential pro-Israel lobbying organisations, and a foreign policy establishment that treated it as a cornerstone of American strategy in the Middle East. That consensus is no longer immutable.
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