AOC suggests cutting off aid to Israel after U.S. vetoes ceasefire resolution

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., suggested the U.S. should consider cutting off aid to Israel on Thursday when she was confronted by a constituent about the U.S. vetoing a United Nations ceasefire resolution.

The progressive "Squad" Democrat made the comments during a town hall to discuss the Green New Deal.

"I think it is completely wrong," Ocasio-Cortez said of the veto. "I think that it is an outrage that we said that we would send our top diplomat to veto a ceasefire resolution that has essentially been agreed to by every other actor and only abstained by one. I think it is against our values."

She targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu specifically, who leftists have attacked over his response to Hamas' Oct, 7 surprise attack that saw just over 1,000 people, mainly civilians, killed.

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"I believe that not only should we be advocating for a ceasefire, I believe that we have to at bare minimum being conditioning aid, if not cutting aid, to the Netanyahu government, which has shown no regard for human life in Gaza," Ocasio-Cortez said.

Her comments were met by applause from the audience.

The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between fighters and civilians, has said more than 29,000 Palestinians have been