An effort by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to dam sure U.S. weapons gross sales to Israel was overwhelmingly rejected by the U.S. Senate Wednesday night.
Sanders’ joint decision of disapproval, which was supported by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.; and Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., supposed to cease the White Home’s newest arms gross sales to the Israeli army. An effort to dam the gross sales of tank rounds to Israel was voted down 79-18, and a measure intending to dam mortar spherical shipments was rejected 78-19.
Talking on the Senate flooring, Sanders claimed the Israeli authorities is managed “not only by right-wing extremists, but by religious zealots.”
“It is time to tell the Netanyahu government that they cannot use U.S. taxpayer dollars and American weapons in violation of U.S. and international law and our moral values despite receiving $18 billion from U.S. taxpayers in the last year,” Sanders mentioned.
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., walks by way of the Senate subway to a information convention on proscribing arms gross sales to Israel on the U.S. Capitol Nov. 19, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos)
“And being the most important historic recipient of U.S. international help, the Netanyahu authorities has utterly ignored the repeated requests of President Biden and the U.S. authorities.”
The 83-year-old politician additionally decried dwelling situations in Gaza throughout his speech.
“Right now, there is raw sewage running through the streets of Gaza, and it is very difficult for the people there to obtain clean drinking water,” Sanders mentioned. “Each one in every of Gaza’s 12 universities has been bombed … as have many a whole bunch of faculties. For 13 months, there was no electrical energy in Gaza.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a press conference alongside senators Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; Peter Welch, D-Vt.; and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on upcoming resolutions aimed at blocking certain offensive weapon sales to Israel in Washington, D.C., Nov. 19, 2024. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“As I’ve mentioned many, many occasions, Israel had absolutely the proper to answer that horrific Hamas assault as some other nation would,” Sanders concluded. “I do not suppose anyone right here in the US Senate disagrees with that. However Prime Minister Netanyahu’s extremist authorities has not merely waged struggle towards Hamas. It has waged an all-out struggle towards the Palestinian individuals.”
Despite the vote, Sanders’ effort was not wholly unpopular. Earlier this week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., signaled support for the Vermont Independent’s proposal.
“The failure by the Biden administration to comply with U.S. legislation and to droop arms shipments is a grave mistake that undermines American credibility worldwide,” Warren said in a statement to The Guardian.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at a press conference on upcoming joint resolutions of disapproval aimed at blocking certain offensive weapon sales to Israel in Washington, D.C., Nov. 19, 2024. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“If this administration won’t act, Congress should step as much as implement U.S. legislation and maintain the Netanyahu authorities accountable by way of a joint decision of disapproval.”
Fox News Digital’s Jessica Sonkin and Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
