Open Letter asking Congress to Freeze Aid to Israel Until Israel Freezes Settlements

Forty national organizations and many state organizations sent an open letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs last week asking subcommittee members to freeze US Military Aid to Israel until Israel agrees to Obama's demand that they freeze all settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as a precondition for peace talks. Obama's budget proposal includes $2.775 billion in military aid for Israel, an increase from last year's $2.5 billion.

I read about this on MRZine - the full article with more information can be accessed here.

I doubt anything will come of it but holding Israel accountable to US Foreign Policy goals would be unique and historic. I'll keep following this and update if anything new happens.