Jill Stein calls for end to US arms supplies to 'murderous' Israel over Lebanon attack

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on Monday called Israel’s attack on Lebanon an "indiscriminate murder" and urged the US to cut off support to "genocidal" Benjamin Netanyahu.

The veteran American politician reposted a video of the Israeli prime minister delivering a message in English "to the people of Lebanon", following a wave of Israeli air strikes that have killed over 500 people, including 50 children.

"This is in English because it's not 'for the people of Lebanon', it's propaganda aimed at the US," she wrote on X.

"In just the last few days Israel has murdered hundreds in Lebanon with indiscriminate terror attacks and bombings. Time to cut off US support for Netanyahu's genocidal land grab NOW," Stein added.

Stein's comments come as the US has reacted in support of Israel as it launched what many think could be the beginning of an all-out war on Lebanon, killing hundreds of innocents in the process.

Despite US President Joe Biden saying in a speech at the UN on Tuesday that a "full-scale war is not in anyone's interest", he also said Israel had a "right to defence".

This has been taken by many as yet another tactic for US acceptance of Israeli violations and escalations, even when Tel Aviv has defied Washington’s own alleged red lines in the near past and left the region teetering on the edge of a widening war.

"Israel's escalating attacks on Lebanon are clearly intended to provoke a wider regional war - even world war - and drag the US directly into the fight … All to enable genocide" Stein blasted on X.

"Biden and Harris must cut off all arms and funding to Israel NOW before they get us all killed," she added.

Stein is a long-time supporter of Palestinian self-determination and critic of the US's unquestioning support for Israel, even as it gets accused of plausibly committing genocide by the world’s top criminal court.

In particular, she has called out Kamal Harris's continuing dedication to support of Israel, which Stein claims is identical to that of Biden's.

Despite Stein having no chance of winning the US presidential election in November, her firm stance against Israel could cause trouble for Democratic nominee and incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris in swing states such as Michigan.

Earlier this month, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) data released polling showing that in Michigan, home to a large Arab American community, 40 percent of Muslim voters backed Stein.

Republican candidate Donald Trump got 18 percent with Harris trailing at 12 percent.