The Senate refuses Sanders’ offer to block $ 8.8 billion weapons in Israel
The Senate rejected a Sen. Bernie SandersI-VT., This would have blocked the sale of weapons scheduled for $ 8.8 billion of the Trump Administration in Israel.
Sanders’ proposal was divided into two votes, each of whom failed, with 15 senators who voted for the measure.
Fourteen democrats voted with Sanders. They were sens. Richard Durbin, Illinois, Martin Heinrich, Nm, Mazie Hivano, Hawaii, Ben Ray Luján, Nm, Tim Kaine, Va., Andy Kim, NJ, and Markey, Mass., Jeff Merkley, Hours., Chris Murphy, Conn., Brian Schatz, Hawaii, Tina Smith. Elizabeth Warren, Mass. And Peter Welch, vt.
Senator Bernie Sanders has held a response speech to the speech by President Donald Trump at a joint session of the congress. (Joe Maher/Getty Images for Fane)
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Before the vote, the president of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Jim RischR -idaho, he warned that, in the passage of resolutions, the senators “abandon Israel, our ally of closing in the Middle East, during a fundamental moment for global safety”.
Wednesday, Sanders published a video that discussed his proposal, in which he asked the United States “to end our complicity in these atrocities” in Gaza. He also accused the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of behaving in a “barbaric” way, stating that humanitarian aid were blocked by reaching Gazens.
From 19 January 2025 to 2 March 2025, while the Ceissured Fire agreement was in force, a total of 25,200 aid trucks entered Gaza, according to the Coordinator for government activities in the territories. This included 4,200 weekly aid trucks.
The trucks that transported aids sides near the edge of Rafah between Egypt and the Gaza strip, in the middle of a ceased the fire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in Egypt, on February 18, 2025. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghary)
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Before it was in pieces at the beginning of last month, The agreement ceased the fire I saw the release of 33 hostages and almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Israel has enjoyed bipartisan support for a long time in the United States, but his last war with Hamas has divided the Democrats. Some, like Senator John Sfretman, in Pennsylvania, were fierce defenders of Israel, while others, like Sanders, were hard critical.
The demonstrators take part in a protest in support of the Palestinians in Gaza, on the sidelines of the national democratic convention in Chicago on 22 August 2024. (Reuters/Seth Herald)
The Senate rejects Bernie Sanders’ effort to block weapons sales in Israel
Sanders introduced a similar proposal in November 2024 during the Biden administration, which also failed. Many of the same senators who voted in favor of his April 2025 proposal voted for the resolution under the Biden administration, with the exception of sens. Angus King, Maine, Jeanne Shaheen, NH and Raphael Warnock, GA. Fox News Digital contacted their offices to ask for information on what has changed between November 2024 and now.
When he talked about his joint disapproval resolution in November, Sanders said that the Israeli government was controlled “not only by right -wing extremists, but by religious zealts”. He also accused Netanyahu of violation of international law.
