Vote on US aid to Israel set to lay bare divide in Democratic Party

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announces opposition to a legislative proposal blocking US funding to Israel, cautioning against broad aid restrictions.

It pits a rising progressive wing calling for cutting off assistance to Israel, at least until the Netanyahu government changes its approach to Gaza, against center-left Democrats who are deeply reluctant to upend the U.S.’s decades-long alliance with Israel.

A measure to prevent any State Department funding from going to Israel failed by a decisive margin in a House vote on Wednesday.

House lawmakers voted 104-313 to reject an amendment that would have cut $3.3 billion in foreign aid to Israel for the next fiscal year in a vote that even split House Democratic leadership, which declined to whip members either way.