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He also said he would consider conditioning aid and he tied it at that time to if israel if the netanyahu government would go into rafah. the fact is that there are strikes in rafah but there has not been a full-scale invasion. i think this is something we are, you have to remember that we are the largest backer of aid to israel, the united states. other than israel itself. we will be there for the defensive aid. that is the iron dome. that is if iran or hezbollah are going to launch strikes. just like you saw. i appreciated and applauded the president working with the global community to make sure to repel the attack from iran. what we cannot do is allow netanyahu to continue to drag us into what he has done in gaza. and frankly, for the security and peace, safety of the israeli people and the palestinian people, the quickest way to get to anything ....
Separate bills this afternoon to support ukraine, israel and taiwan. the package also includes humanitarian relief for gaza. to get these bills across the finish line, speaker mike johnson must rely on democrats. and fact, might also need the support of democrats to keep his job. three gop house numbers are pushing a motion to vacate which would force a vote on removing johnson as speaker. joining us now, congresswoman pramila jayapal, chair of the congressional caucus. good morning. did you expect to be here this saturday? i didn t. i had plans but here a.m. how you think the vote will play out today? how do you think it will pass and how will you vote on the separate bills? i m so happy we will be able to vote on the ukraine aid bill that is a stand-alone ....
Moment. a moment where i think the public is not with us. and during the iraq war, the first vote, when there were 132 plus democrats voting against going into iraq at the time, this is a situation where we don t even have the public with us. and we have not seen the kind of restrictions from the white house and from the administration. whatever happens after this, this is the first time congress will be voting on offensive aid to israel and to the netanyahu government, who has been callous about the lives of children in gaza, women in gaza and innocent civilians, death and destruction and famine and has taken hold of northern gaza. it is not something i believe we can be party to. councilwoman, a couple of points on the difference between the ukraine and israel ....
And it is not attacking. i think it is just talking about the facts. it is unfortunate the facts are that the republican nominee for president is sitting in a courtroom every day because he can t stay out of trouble for alleged criminal acts that we can see written down on paper. i don t blame the biden campaign for not talking about a. if i was advising that campaign, i would be like no. this is not something you need to hear from joe biden about. the moment he opens his mouth about this, you have nothing he said about the economy and folks will hear nothing he said about israel or humanitarian needs in gaza. all they would play is the sound he said about trump. so where the democrats that? that is the question. biden is smart. he doesn t need to draw himself into the line of fire with trump. trump is the one on trial. trump s behavior is the reason trump is on trial. biden had nothing to do with ....
Bill. it will passably with every democrat voting for it. it is important aid. and i think there will be some republicans that vote for it. how many? i don t know. i think all the bills will pass. on the israel aid bill, i think you will see a good contingents of us that are voting no. i will vote no on the bill because it does not include any conditions at all on aid to the netanyahu government. it does not differentiate between offense of aid and defensive aid. many of us that vote no on the bill have consistently supported iron dome funding and other defensive aid for israel. we cannot continue to watch the carnage that is happening in gaza and have united states military assistance be part of the carnage. for me and many of us voting no, this is sort of in iraq war ....