Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021 | 2 a.m.
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As someone deeply committed to real peace between Israel and Palestine, I am appalled by the House of Representatives’ vote to allocate an additional $1 billion of taxpayer funds as a slush fund for the Israeli military.
Israel is the only country that receives U.S. military funding without any country-specific human rights conditions — even though the Israeli military’s grave violations of human rights are documented by every major human rights organization in the world, as well as by our own State Department. Moreover, Congress already funds the Iron Dome. In fact, since 2011, the United States has provided $1.7 billion for the Iron Dome and is already committed to continuing these funds through 2028.
At a time when Nevada’s students are receiving a substandard education and many Americans are living under the poverty line with horrendous food insecurity, these funds would be better invested here at home.
