PLAYING TO THE BASE
Progressive Democrats embrace calls to cut off aid to Israel
As calls for conditioning aid to Israel have gained traction among Democrats, the left wing has gone further
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Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) (C) talks to reporters with (L-R) Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA), during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol
Before the current war in Gaza, calls to place conditions on U.S. military assistance to Israel were largely the purview of the far-left fringe. But amid Israel’s military campaign to root out Hamas, with a mounting civilian death toll...