AIPAC-Owned House Nearly DOUBLES 'Military Aid' to Israel to $26 Billion in Massive Military Aid Bill
Johnson holds ties to Israel's far-right and was given a tour of Israel in 2020 by a “top settler.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson, who said getting aid to Israel was his top priority when first named Speaker, added another $12 billion on top of the $14 billion in the Senate bill to militarize Ukraine and Taiwan further — living up to his reputation of being Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Evangelical in the House.
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AntiWar.com reported: “The Israel bill totals $26 billion, the majority of which will go toward supporting the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza and replenishing air defenses following Iran’s reprisal attack. It includes $9 billion in humanitarian aid, which Democrats said was necessary for them to support Johnson’s effort.”
Johnson took to Israel in 2020 with a group whose CEO is a “social media activist named Avi Abelow, who emigrated from New York more than 30 years ago at age 18 and lives in the West Bank settlement of Efrat.”
During his trip, he visited Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and called it a “fulfillment of biblical prophecy.”
The Times of Israel, citing text released by the House Appropriations Committee, said $4 billion would go to replenishing interceptor missiles for Iron Dome and David’s Sling short and “$4.4 billion would go to restocking depleted supplies of other Israeli arms, and $3.5 billion is earmarked for procuring ‘advanced weapons systems, defense articles and defense services.’”
Israel is likely running low on munitions after using a historic amount on Gaza in its genocide, which has been completely backed by the Biden administration.
Johnson has been critical of any effort by the White House to slow the killings in Gaza.
Johnson, who holds ties to Israel's far-right, was given a tour of Israel in 2020 by a “top settler.”
Johnson, after being elected speaker, wasted no time to let the American public know that his first measure of business was to “support” Israel.
“Our nation’s greatest ally in the Middle East is under attack — the first bill that I am going to bring to this floor, will be in support of our dear friend Israel. And we’re overdue in getting that done,” the Louisiana Republican said to cheers from Congress.
Haaretz published an illuminating report at the time that could offer a glimpse into Johnson’s decision to list Israel as his top agenda item as speaker in an article titled, “New House Speaker Mike Johnson, an Evangelical Christian, Holds Ties to Israel’s Far Right.”
The paper wrote that his selection was “the most significant victory to date for evangelical Christians’ pro-Israel movement.”
The paper noted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu relies on Evangelical support in the U.S. as his own government moves to the right and was losing some support from American Jews. The 7 October attack by Hamas only moved the “pro-Israel Evangelical” even more “vocally pro-Israel.”
The report pointed to a trip that Johnson took to Israel in 2020 with a group whose CEO is a “social media activist named Avi Abelow, who emigrated from New York more than 30 years ago at age 18 and lives in the West Bank settlement of Efrat.”
During his trip, he visited Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and called it a “fulfillment of biblical prophecy.”
Ben Samuels, the author of the Haaretz article, posted on X: “House Speaker Mike Johnson holds ties to Israel's far right — traveling on a private visit organized by a top settler, meeting with the group behind Israel's judicial overhaul and touring the Temple Mount with an activist against maintaining the status quo.”
Mother Jones reported:
Johnson traveled to Israel with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). The sponsor for this trip was the New York-based 12Tribe Films Foundation, a small outfit that that describes itself as “online warriors for truth about Israel and the Jewish people.” The organization spent $34,520—about one-quarter of its revenue that year—to fly the two lawmakers and their wives to Israel and host them for the week-long trip. The itinerary included visits to the Golan Heights, Jerusalem, and Hebron, a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as well as meetings with Israeli military officials, business owners, and political leaders—including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other members of the right-wing Likud Party. The two congressmen also received a briefing from the Kohelet Policy Forum, a far-right Israeli think tank that would later help cook up the Netanyahu administration’s controversial plan to weaken the country’s judiciary.
I am so disgusted with the US government and the evil that exists in ALL BRANCHES-they are not standing up or representing the people . The more the people call and write, the more it evil they become. Mike Johnson, is such a disappointment! His Bible isn't the same as mine. Congress steals our money and gives it to other people and to enrich their friends. I do NOT want anymore killing! Palestinians, Russians, Ukrainians, civilians on every side being slaughtered.
Jews are controlling Ukraine. Until the USA takes jews out of public life we are now going to be sending Ukraine and Israel our wealth in a never ending cycle.
Never forget if there were no jews there would not be any zionists.