CD290: Israel War Money: What’s Already Law

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🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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After an unprecedented embassy bombing followed by an unprecedented drone and missile attack, Israel and Iran may have us on the brink of WWIII. In this episode, as Congress and the Biden administration ponder additional support for Israel, we take a look at what has already been approved for Israel in the 2024 defense authorization and funding law. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via Support Congressional Dish via (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: [email protected] Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or [email protected] Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes Netanyahu Howard Eissenstat. Sept 20, 2012. Slate. Akiva Eldar. February 10, 2009. Haaretz. Attacks on U.S. Bases Ken Klippenstein. February 9, 2024. The Intercept. Doug G. Ware. November 6, 2023. Stars and Stripes. Doug G. Ware. October 31, 2023. Stars and Stripes. Iran-Israel Conflict David Hearst. April 15, 2024. Middle East Eye. Tom Spender. April 15, 2024. BBC. Ken Klippenstein and Daniel Boguslaw. April 14, 2024. The Intercept. Barak Ravid. April 14, 2024. Axios. Ben Samuels. April 14, 2024. Haaretz. Cassandra Vinograd and Natan Odenheimer. April 14, 2024. The New York Times. Permanent Mission of I.R.Iran to UN, NY (@Iran_UN). April 13, 2024. Ellen Knickmeyer and Lolita C. Baldor. April 3, 2024. PBS NewsHour. Fear of U.S. War with Iran Ali Vaez. April 15, 2024. Foreign Affairs. Murtaza Hussain. April 14, 2024. The Intercept. Carol E. Lee et al. April 14, 2024. NBC News. Uri Misgav. November 23, 2023. Haaretz. Julian Borger. December 17, 2023. The Guardian. Marwan Bishara. October 9, 2023. Aljazeera. Defense funding for Israel Yuval Azulay. April 15, 2024.” CTech by Calcalist. Noah Robertson. November 15, 2023. Defense News. Jeremy M. Sharp. March 1, 2023. Congressional Research Service via EveryCRSReport.com. Raytheon. 2021. Rafael. Jeremy M. Sharp. September 30, 2014. Congressional Research Service via EveryCRSReport.com. Tony Capaccio. May 27, 2014. Bloomberg. January 7, 2014. Boeing. Boeing and Raytheon Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Open Secrets. Open Secrets. Open Secrets. Open Secrets. Foreign Military Financing Nathan J. Lucas and Michael J. Vassalotti. February 21, 2020. Congressional Research Service via EveryCRSReport.com. March 2017. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, U.S. Department of Defense.* Abraham Accords U.S. Department of State. Jordan Zvi Bar’el. April 15, 2024. Haaretz. Jonathan Shamir. April 16, 2023. Haaretz. Saudi Arabia April 14, 2024. Al Arabiya English. Laws Executive Producer Recommended Sources King Abdullah. 1947. From the Internet Archive, originally published in The American Magazine. Music by Editing Production Assistance

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0:00.0	President Biden then recommitted us to defending Israel no matter what and he has said multiple times that our support for Israel's defense is quote ironclad unquote
0:12.0	Defense offense it's all participation,
0:15.9	and that's all the other side we'll see.
0:18.4	And so President Biden, by refusing to tell Israel
0:21.1	that we've had enough and we will not participate next time?
0:25.8	He instead promised our participation, no matter what.
0:28.9	It doesn't matter if he says its defense or offense, its participation. We're in it. Who's the
0:34.2	fucking superpower here? As long as old man Biden is president, you know, it's
0:39.1	apparently Israel. Because we're going to go along with whatever they do regardless of how reckless they are with
0:44.4	Israeli and American lives. of being lied too.
1:00.0	I don't think I can't deny it anymore. You can't stick to your story if you think it flies
1:11.4	But I'm not going to buy it anymore.
1:18.0	Hello, my friend and thank you for listening to the 290th episode of the
1:21.7	listener supported congressional dish. I'm your host Jennifer Briny.
1:25.0	And because I have forgotten to say this in the beginning of the last few episodes,
1:29.0	and because we're about to get into some really messy weeds and I'm not going to want to come back to it.
1:34.4	Before I get into anything, I do need to remind you that this show is listener supported and needs your support.
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2:00.5	992. And I knew this would happen when I educated myself about Israel's history and was
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