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US Senate Rejects Efforts to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel Amid Gaza Conflict

US Senate Rejects Efforts to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel Amid Gaza Conflict

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The United States Senate has rejected a series of resolutions aimed at blocking a $20 billion US weapons sale to Israel, with 79 senators voting against the measure and 18 in favor. The resolutions, which were introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders, sought to halt the sale of tank rounds, mortar rounds, and a GPS guidance system for bombs.

Michael Herzog
Israeli Embassy
1. Our success in turning the tide of this war — deterring Iran, degrading Hezbollah, and defeating Hamas — advances the free world's interests. Pushing for daylight between the U.S. and Israel on this matter is wrong and sends the wrong message to our enemies.
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
1. There are ways to express criticism, and to work on addressing these criticisms without impacting Israel's security.
Jeff Merkley
Democratic Party
1. I stand before you today as someone who has spent a lifetime advocating for Israel's economic success and for their security in a very difficult part of the world.
Elizabeth Warren
Democratic Party
1. If this administration will not act, Congress must step up to enforce US law and hold the Netanyahu government accountable through a joint resolution of disapproval.
2. The failure by the Biden administration to follow US law and to suspend arms shipments is a grave mistake that undermines American credibility worldwide.
Bernie Sanders
Democratic Party
1. You cannot condemn human rights around the world and then turn a blind eye to what the United States government is now funding in Israel.
2. If we do not demand that the countries we provide military assistance to obey international law, we will lose our credibility on the world stage.
3. That complicity must end, and that is what these resolutions are about.
4. The United States of America is complicit in these atrocities. This complicity must end.
5. A lot of folks come to the floor to talk about human rights and what's going on around the world, but what I want to say to all those folks: Nobody is going to take anything you say with a grain of seriousness.
6. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's extremist government has not simply waged war against Hamas – it has waged war against Palestinians.
Council on American-Islamic Relations
1. We strongly condemn the White House's dishonest campaign to pressure Senate Democrats into avoiding even a symbolic vote against the delivery of more American taxpayer-funded weapons to the out-of-control Netanyahu government.