WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading a long-shot effort to halt a $735 million arms sale to Israel as Democrats in the U.S. Congress raise mounting concerns about the violence in the Middle East.
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The Vermont senator introduced a resolution on Thursday to block the weapons transfer. A similar measure in the House was introduced Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, and liberal lawmakers on Wednesday.
Sanders says that Congress needs to “take a hard look at whether the sale of these weapons is actually helping do that, or whether it is simply fueling conflict.”
Supporters of this effort are unlikely to have the votes needed to reverse the sale, but they’re racing the clock to register opposition under a review period that expires this week.
The opposition to what had been a routine transfer of arms shows the increasing unrest on Capitol Hill from key Democrats over Israel’s handling of the conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
Incredible treason from this back- stabbing Kapo
Nothing is worse than a yid who hates his “yid’hood. He confirms what we have always known. “hakeh es shinov”.
He would have never made it out of mitzrayin, but would have perished in “makas choshech”
Is he also proposing restriction on aid to the palis? Stop the pay-to-slay program?
Bernie Sanders YIMACH SH’MOI V’ZICHROI LO’NETZACH !!!
No wonder President Trump calls him “Crazy Bernie”.
Where’s Chuck Schumer aka “Shomer Yisroel”? That’s a really long nap.
I can tell Bernie where he can go…
Israel has learned years ago that it cannot depend on the US and does not depend on anybody any longer. Israel does not need US money or arm sales. They can just call up the pajama kippa brigade to fight the wars in their crocs.