Ocasio-Cortez says she’ll vote against any military aid to Israel, including for Iron Dome system | CNN Politics

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Tuesday she would vote against sending any military aid to Israel, including defensive supplies, a marked shift from a Democrat deemed a potential 2028 presidential candidate. Ocasio-Cortez told members of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America Tuesday that she would commit to voting no on any military aid spending for Israel, a spokesperson for the lawmaker told CNN. Her remarks, first reported by City & State, were made at a private forum as members considered whether to endorse her re-election bid. Her comments come at a time when the Democratic Party is taking on a more critical stance toward the Israeli government and pro-Israel lobbying groups that have spent millions against Democratic candidates who support conditioning aid to Israel. But many of the party’s best-known officials are still grappling with how to raise their criticisms. California Gov. Gavin Newsom last month backtracked on his recent comments describing Israel as “sort of an apartheid state.” He later told Politico that he meant to say he was concerned Israel would go down that path under the “direction of the far right that [Prime Minister