Israel’s bombing of the Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday marked the sixth country the powerful U.S. ally attacked so far this year.

U.S. and Israeli officials told CNN and other outlets on Tuesday that Israel — which the U.S. arms to the tune of billions of dollars each year — gave President Donald Trump’s administration advance warning before carrying out the strike. The attack drew ire from progressive members of Congress, who told The Intercept that the U.S. must stop arming Israel as it accelerates attacks around the globe.

“In the past two years, Israel has bombed nation after nation with no repurcussions—all while conducting a genocide and manufacturing a famine in Gaza using U.S. taxpayer dollars,” said Rep. Summer Lee, D-Penn. “There must be accountability for Israel’s unchecked power and destabilization of the region. The United States must implement an arms embargo immediately.”

Israel has carried out tens of thousands of attacks in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Yemen, and now Qatar since the October 7 Hamas attacks, according to data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. In the last three days, Israel bombed three residential buildings in Gaza City and dropped leaflets ordering residents to evacuate.

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    3 days ago

    I have some faith that Likud and the IDF can be held to account by Israeli democracy and Israel’s participation in the Western democratic community

    I know you’re trying to pretend that you’re not just a pro-Isreal zionist. But this was the part you slipped up and revealed that you’re just lying. Though some other tells were that you’re entirely unwilling to admit that Israel is doing a genocide in Gaza, and that you describe Israel as being equivalent the allies in WW2, and in Ukraine in the current war with Russia, rather than the actual accurate comparison, where Israel is equivalent to the Nazis and Russia respectively…