'Enough Is Enough': Sanders to Force Votes on Blocking Trump Arms Sales to Israel | Common Dreams
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"The time is long overdue for Congress to use the leverage we have—tens of billions in arms and military aid—to demand that Israel end these atrocities," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, his administration has approved around $12 billion in arms sales to Israel and lifted a Biden-era block on the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs that Israeli forces have used to commit atrocities against Palestinians.

Earlier this year, Sanders led an unsuccessful effort to block the Trump administration’s sale of nearly $9 billion in weapons to the Israeli government. Just 14 senators, all Democrats, backed the resolutions.

But there are some indications that support for blocking arms sales could grow as the starvation crisis that Israel has imposed on Gaza intensifies. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who did not support the resolutions Sanders tried to pass in April, said earlier this week that he would vote for “an end to any United States support whatsoever” for Israel “until there is a demonstrable change in the direction of Israeli policy.”

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
    233·
    3 months ago

    I still can’t fucking believe AOC voted against this in the house, an is still voting to send weapons to Israel.

    • 7toed@midwest.socialEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      That plus Slotkin still trying to message around a defacto genocide as per oh how many damn human rights orgs now? Just the cherry on top

        • sunzu2@thebrainbin.orgBanned from community
          7·
          3 months ago

          Is she on AIPAC payroll… She must know her base ain’t down to genocide

          This doesnt make any sense

          • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            3 months ago

            This doesnt make any sense

            Her justification for voting to send weapons to Israel:

            • There is such a thing as “defensive” weapons.
            • The vote didn’t matter because it wasn’t going to pass.
            • The vote didn’t matter because MTG called for it.

            Its just a real, real shitty look on the part of AOC, especially considering far more vulnerable squad members voted for it.

      • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        I think she was all like ‘we must keep giving them defensive weapons so that they cannot be held accountable for their actions by any of their victims but not the mean scary offensive weapons because that might help them kill their victims faster’.

        Just ShitLib Things.