THE HILL
Senate rejects Sanders-backed proposals to block arms sales to Israel
Andrew Bolton
November 20, 2024

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to reject three resolutions sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to block the sale of certain offensive weapons to Israel in protest of its ongoing military operations in Gaza. The Senate voted 18 to 79 to defeat S.J. Res. 111, which would have blocked the sale of 120-millimeter tank rounds. It also voted 18 to 79 against a resolution to block the sale of 120 mm high-explosive mortar rounds and again by the same split to defeat a proposal to block the sale of kits to transform “dumb” bombs into precision-guided weapons…Sanders has claimed that the destruction in Gaza is worse than what was inflicted on Dresden, Germany, a city that was firebombed, during World War II. J-Street, a center-left pro-Israel organization, supported Sanders’s proposals, breaking with many other Jewish and Israel-supporting groups. READ MORE

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