{"id":15886,"date":"2026-04-02T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=15886"},"modified":"2026-04-02T04:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:32:51","slug":"ny-times-aoc-will-oppose-all-aid-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=15886","title":{"rendered":"NY Times: AOC will oppose ALL aid to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Including defensive systems like the Iron Dome anti missile system. Part of the deal of being a leftist progressive I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/01\/us\/politics\/aoc-congress-israel-military-aid.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=fb-nytimes&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawQ6zwlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFHVmMzeURkRnZSellmVzFoc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvVaS8yXGjjebVTsy0YOYf79yUV2Y2jY89aXHCzHK3HGkMWdfMCXJwzAGOGZ_aem_9fBEpHBD7Ae7MIKtbHWSkg\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/01\/us\/politics\/aoc-congress-israel-military-aid.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=fb-nytimes&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawQ6zwlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFHVmMzeURkRnZSellmVzFoc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvVaS8yXGjjebVTsy0YOYf79yUV2Y2jY89aXHCzHK3HGkMWdfMCXJwzAGOGZ_aem_9fBEpHBD7Ae7MIKtbHWSkg\">Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said Tuesday that she would vote against all U.S. military aid to Israel, including for defensive systems, a shift that underscores how opposition to the Israeli government has grown among various wings of the Democratic Party since the war in Gaza.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AOC-at-a-mike-in-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15891\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a private, virtual forum with members of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez was asked if her opposition to aid for Israel extended to its defensive systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The congresswoman said yes, according to her chief of staff, Mike Casca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forum was part of the Democratic Socialists of America\u2019s endorsement process. The news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/dsa-forum-aoc-pledges-not-vote-any-military-aid-israel\/412544\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">City &amp; State previously reported<\/a> Ms. Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Including defensive systems like the Iron Dome anti missile system. Part of the deal of being a leftist progressive I guess. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said Tuesday that she would vote against all U.S. military aid to Israel, including for defensive systems, a shift that underscores how opposition to the Israeli government has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics-and-politics","category-international-stuff","category-stupid-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15892,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15886\/revisions\/15892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}