Senate rejects Bernie Sanders’s effort to stop US arms sales to Israel

Washington Examiner

The Hamas men who did this act need all the help Democrats can give them. TD

"The Senate failed to advance resolutions of disapproval brought by progressive members to block the sale of certain offensive U.S. weaponry to Israel.

"The result was expected, but the vote sent a signal that opposing military aid to a longstanding ally is no longer a fringe position in the Democratic Party. More than a third of the Democratic senators voted to block arms to Israel a year after the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on the Jewish state.

"Wednesday’s vote was the first of its kind in Congress and the only legislative remedy available to senators opposed to the Biden administration’s efforts to sell $20 billion in military aid to Israel over concerns its counterattack has gone too far and created a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

"Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) sponsored a trio of resolutions, which were privileged, allowing them to force the votes without the consent of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). 

"The resolutions were to block the sale of 120-millimeter mortar rounds, joint direct attack munitions (JDAMs) also known as bomb guidance kits, and the sale of tank rounds.

"The first resolution, S.J. Res. 111, to block the sale of tank rounds failed 18-79, with the majority of Democrats joining all Republicans in voting no. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) voted present.

"Eighteen Democrats voted in support, including the sponsors of the resolutions and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Angus King (I-ME), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Ed Markey (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and Chris Murphy (D-CT)." . . .

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Muslim voters who helped elect Trump upset with ‘pro-Israel’ and ‘pro-war’ cabinet picks   "PBS Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, nominated for secretary of state, has opposed a ceasefire in the war, stating that he wants Israel to “destroy every element of Hamas they can get their hands on.”

"Trump’s pick to be his ambassador to the United Nations, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, led the questioning of university presidents over antisemitism on campuses. She has also opposed funding for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which oversees aid to Gaza.

"Pete Hegseth, an Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host, was chosen by Trump to head the Department of Defense. Hegseth has publicly opposed the two-state solution and advocated for rebuilding a biblical Jewish temple on the site of Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites.

"Then there’s Trump’s pick for Ambassador to Israel, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Huckabee has consistently rejected the idea of a Palestinian state in territories seized by Israel, strongly supported Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposed a two-state solution, claiming “there really isn’t such a thing” as Palestinians in referring to the descendants of people who lived in Palestine before the establishment of Israel.". . .