{"id":128347,"date":"2024-11-21T08:35:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T01:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128347"},"modified":"2024-11-21T08:35:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T01:35:41","slug":"senate-rejects-effort-from-bernie-sanders-to-block-some-weapons-for-israel-over-gaza-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128347","title":{"rendered":"Senate rejects effort from Bernie Sanders to block some weapons for Israel over Gaza deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Senate on Wednesday rejected an attempt by Sen. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/bernie-sanders\">Bernie Sanders<\/a><\/span> Wednesday to block sales of offensive weapons to Israel for its <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/israel-hamas-war\">war in Gaza<\/a><\/span> over mounting civilian deaths there.<\/p>\n<p>The Vermont lawmaker and a small group of Democrats sought to put legislation up for a Senate vote that would block the sale of some tank and mortar rounds and smart-bomb kits to Israel. The first attempt to block the sales was rejected overwhelmingly, and two more were expected to go down to defeat. <\/p>\n<p>Sanders, in making the case for stopping the sales, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s government \u201chas not simply waged war against Hamas. It has waged an all-out war against the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Known as joint resolutions of disapproval, the measures would have had to pass both houses of Congress and withstand any presidential veto to become binding. Congress has never succeeded in blocking any arms sales with the joint resolutions. But the vote served as a test of broader frustration among Democrats at the war and President Joe Biden\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-lebanon-hezbollah-iran-11-19-2024-a76670f9373598edd964139280eba60c\">handling of relations with Israel<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers\u2019 move comes after a 30-day Biden administration deadline came and went earlier this month for Netanyahu to meet specific U.S. targets to improve <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-anniversary-statistics-e61765035c725b3c8d4840e2bab565cd\">its treatment of Palestinian civilians in Gaza<\/a><\/span> trapped in the war. U.S. demands included that Israel lift a near-total ban on delivery of aid to hard-hit north Gaza for starving civilians there.<\/p>\n<p>Leading global aid organizations say Israel \u2014 which is heavily dependent on U.S. arms and military aid \u2014 fell far short of meeting the U.S. demand to allow in an adequate number of aid trucks, and in some other ways worsened conditions for civilians. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about Trump's second term: Staffing the administration: Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far. Plus, a look at recess appointments and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet.Follow all of our coverage as Donald Trump assembles his second administration.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about Trump\u2019s second term:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Follow all of our coverage as <\/i><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\"><i>Donald Trump<\/i><\/a><\/span><i> assembles his second administration.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That includes Israeli lawmakers newly banning the main U.N. agency that provides aid to Palestinians. <\/p>\n<p>U.N. officials said as the end of the U.S. deadline neared that the entire population of north Gaza is now at imminent risk of dying from famine, airstrikes or other threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would expect that there be some consequences when things get even worse,\u201d Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said in the run-up to the vote on the measures. Fellow Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Peter Welch of Vermont also joined Sanders in the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor that he will \u201cstrongly oppose\u201d the measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael needs to protect itself not just today, but also tomorrow and next year and beyond,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cIt has been a cornerstone of American policy to give Israel the resources it needs to defend against its enemies. We should not stray from that policy today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ben Cardin, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, read what he said was a message from the White House urging lawmakers to defeat the measures. <\/p>\n<p>The move to block arms to the U.S. ally came at a delicate time in Middle East cease-fire negotiations and would \u201cput wind in the sails of Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas at the worst possible moment,\u201d Cardin quoted the White House as warning.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham also argued for defeat of the bills. \u201cThis signal will be seen by the enemies of Israel, and the enemies of peace, that if they just stick with it they will win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Centrist and progressive Democratic lawmakers and Sanders have made repeated runs during the more than 1-year-old war at convincing the White House and Congress to condition U.S. arms shipments to Israel on improved treatment of Palestinian civilians in the offensive. <\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has increased its warnings and appeals to Netanyahu to do more to spare civilians in airstrikes and other attacks, and to allow more aid to reach Gaza. The Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks that started the war killed about 1,200. <\/p>\n<p>The death toll of Gazans killed since then was nearing 44,000 on Wednesday. Health officials in Gaza do not distinguish between civilians and combatants in tracking deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Other than pausing one planned shipment of 2,000-pound bombs, Biden \u2014 at 82, a stalwart supporter of Israel since its modern founding \u2014 has rejected calls to limit military support to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, on the Senate floor, said the continuing flow of U.S. arms to Israel for the war violated U.S. law and undermined U.S. standing in the world. <\/p>\n<p>Other governments will say to Americans, \u201c\u2018Don\u2019t give us advice, don\u2019t criticize us, when you have supported the mass starvation of children with your tax dollars,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have stood firmly behind Netanyahu and will control both chambers of Congress next year as President-elect Donald Trump takes office. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S.&#8217;s roughly $18 billion in military support for Israel during the war was a politically divisive issue in the U.S. presidential campaign, with Republicans vowing to keep up undiminished backing for Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has vowed strong support for Israel and has called on Netanyahu to bring the Gaza war to a quick close. 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