US Aid: Funding Record Child Casualties in West Bank
According to The New Arab, 2025 has already seen Israel break its record for Palestinian child fatalities in the West Bank. One in five Palestinians killed this year across the region has been a child. Meanwhile, in Washington, the legislative pipeline for military aid to Israel remains astonishingly clear. In April 2024, Congress passed HR 8035, the 'Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations
Act,' allocating over $26 billion in aid, signed by President Biden on April 24, 2024. Not a single condition on West Bank conduct. One might wonder if congressional funding is an investment in this 'record-breaking' violence. Many of these same politicians receive significant campaign contributions from organizations like AIPAC. For instance, according to OpenSecrets.org, Senator Mitch McConnell
received $185,270 from AIPAC in the 2024 election cycle, and Speaker Mike Johnson received $26,000. Their votes for unconditional aid appear curiously unburdened by human rights concerns. When will the 'rules-based international order' apply to those killing children with U.S.-supplied weapons?