Lindsay Koshgarian spoke with Racial Justice Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about the National Priorities Project at IPS’s statement, which warns in response to Biden’s request for additional U.S. military aid for Israel that “more military aid to Israel will mean more deaths.”
In the interview, Koshgarian advised that the U.S. should instead use its considerable diplomatic strength to call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. Koshgarian also placed the request for additional U.S. military aid to Israel in the context of ongoing budget negotiations, military spending priorities, and growing calls for a ceasefire in Gaza among the general public.