CD287: War Money

It's been four months since President Biden requested over $100 billion in war money for Israel and Ukraine and the Senate has now passed a bill that would provide most of the money. In this episode, we examine the events that lead up to and have occurred since President Biden's address to the nation, and analyze the Senate bill along with its possible paths to becoming law. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPalSupport Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode)Send Zelle payments to: [e-mail] Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-BrineySend Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or [e-mail] your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! View the show notes on our website at https://congressionaldish.com/cd287-war-money Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD286: Prolonging the War in Ukraine CD284: Thieving Russia CD253: Escalation of War CD248: Understanding the Enemy CD244: Keeping Ukraine CD167: Combating Russia (NDAA 2018) LIVE CD068: Ukraine Aid Bill CD067: What Do We Want In Ukraine? October 7 Attack "The West Bank Occupation Outweighed Israel's Defense of the Gaza Border on the Eve of October 7." Aluf Benn. February 21, 2024. Haaretz. "Families of Israelis Killed in Be'eri Home Hit by IDF Tank on October 7 Demand Probe." Liza Rozovsky. January 6, 2024. Haaretz. "Chilling Warnings Picked Up by Israeli Intelligence Months Before October 7 Massacre." Amos Harel. November 27, 2023. Haaretz. "הערכה במערכת הביטחון: בחמאס לא ידעו מראש על פסטיבל נובה, וזיהו אותו מהאוויר" November 18, 2023. Josh Breiner. Haaretz. "One Palestinian Killed After Settlers Enter West Bank Town of Hawara to Set Up Sukkah." Hagar Shezaf and Jack Khoury. October 6, 2023. Haaretz. Aftermath of the October 7 Attack "Police Detain 21 Anti-gov't Protesters in Tel Aviv, Use Water Cannon to Disperse Protest." Ran Shimoni et al. February 24, 2024. Haaretz. "Remarks by President Biden on the United States' Response to Hamas's Terrorist Attacks Against Israel and Russia's Ongoing Brutal War Against Ukraine." October 20, 2023. White House Briefing Room. "Biden Lays Out Stakes for America as He Seeks Aid for Israel and Ukraine." Michael D. Shear. October 19, 2023. The New York Times. "Gaza Death Toll Nears 3,800 as Israel's Siege and Bombardment Enters 13th Day." October 19, 2023. Democracy Now! History of Palestine and Israel "Israel's War Within: On the ruinous history of Religious Zionism." Bernard Avishai. February 2024. Harper's Magazine. "A timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." October 20, 2023. The World. Israelism. Directed by Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen, produced by Daniel J. Chalfen, Nadia Saah, and Erin Axelman. 2023. "The Gaza Strip: The humanitarian impact of 15 years of blockade." OCHA. June 2022. UNICEF. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017. Rashid Khalidi. Macmillan Audio: 2020. "Gaza Fights For Freedom." Directed by Abby Martin. 2019. Empire Files. Enemies and Neighbors Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017. Ian Black. Tantor Audio: 2018. "Fear & Loathing in the new jerusalem." Darryl Cooper. 2015-2016. Martyrmade Podcast. "Operation Protective Edge: A war waged on Gaza's children." April 16, 2015. Defense for Children International - Palestine. "Israel's System of Segregated Roads in the Occupied Palestinian Territories." March 2012. Visualizing Palestine. Balfour Declaration "More than a century on: The Balfour Declaration explained." Zena Al Tahhan. November 2, 2018. Al Jazeera. "Balfour Declaration: Text of the Declaration." Lord Arthur James Balfour. November 2, 1917. Jewish Virtual Library. Vanishing Palestine "First Zionist Congress." Retrieved on February 27, 2024. Wikipedia: the free Encyclopedia. "Israel's borders explained in maps." October 11, 2023. BBC. "Highways to Annexation: Across the West Bank, Israel Is Bulldozing a Bright Future for Jewish Settlers." Hagar Shezaf. December 11, 2020. Haaretz. "Israel: Discriminatory Land Policies Hem in Palestinians." May 12, 2020. Human Rights Watch. "Understanding Israel's Nation State Law." Mitchell Bard. Jewish Virtual Library. "Palestine Remix: Animated map of Israel taking over historic Palestine." Al Jazeera. "Excerpts from the Jewish National Fund's Response to H.C. 9205/04 and H.C. 9010/04." Alex Hartman et al. December 9, 2004. Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. "Light Committee Report." 2003. Creation of Israel UN Resolution 181. 1947. "United Nations partition plan of 1947 – Map," [Map no. 3067 Rev 1.] April 1983. United Nations. Lebanon "The Simmering Lebanese ...