Senators want to change massive new Israel aid package

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9. I agree, and we should hold all aid recipients to that standard

knowing the dark history of accusations being hurled over the centuries at Jewish people allegedly not being loyal citizens of their home countries, you can understand how it can strike one as odd that this sort of formulation seems to come up only in this context.

Yes, but centuries of baseless and bigoted accusations don't justify Israel's acts against Palestinians, nor should those centuries be used to justify $38B in current aid.

Also, I don't believe that most of the GOP whose loyalties are being questioned are themselves Jewish; the great majority are far-Right Christians, and they're American citizens serving in the US Government, so it's entirely appropriate to scrutinize their loyalties regardless of the atrocities committed against Jews.