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Sen Berney Sanders, I-VT., Israel is planned to vote on banning arms sale, a step that will prove to be a test for Senate Democrats, whose situation on the Jewish state has moved in recent weeks.
Sanders, an independent, which regularly cocuses with Senate Democrats, announced that he would vote on a pair of proposals to block the sale of $ 675 million of thousands of bombs and guidance kits for bombs and to prevent sales of “tens of thousands” of automated rifles for Israel.
Sanders said in a statement, “American taxpayers have spent ten billions of dollars in support of the racist, extremist Netanyahu government.” “enough is enough.”
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Sen Berney Sanders and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Getty image)
This is not the first time Sanders has pushed the Jewish state to block arms sale or military aid. Since December 2023, a few months after the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the legalist has either presented or forced votes on proposals five times, each intends to block military aid and billions of dollars.
After his latest attempt, after keeping the children hungry in Gaza, he convicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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He said, “The time for the Congress uses the leverages we have for a long time – billions of weapons and military assistance – to demand that Israel ends these atrocities,” he said.
Late Thursday’s late Thursday, because Senate Democrats have made a tannwala change on Israel since the incidents of October 7, 2023, when Hamas carried out a cruel attack on Israeli land.
Earlier this year, Sanders’ last attempt that sought to block more than $ 8 billion in arms sales, voted for 15 Senate Democrats for this, while all Senate Republicans voted against it. Although resolutions are likely to fail because their previous efforts are expected to vote with more democrats.
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Senate Magority Leader Sen John speaks as Whats Whip Sen, Rupee, Right, Right, Senate. John Bairaso, R-EO, hears the US Capital on July 22, 2025 during a news briefing after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Lunch at US Capital. (Getty Images/Alex Wong)
Earlier this week, 40 Senate Democrats wrote the state secretary Marco Rubio and the US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witcoff and called the administration to push the administration to push for a large -scale expansion of humanitarian aid and services in the Gaza Strip. “
The Senate Republican has largely convicted the conditions reported in Gaza on Hamas, some have made their way into the Gaza Strip for more food assistance. President Donald Trump vowed that more food centers administered by Israel were coming.
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Senate majority leader John ThunRupee said that he shared Trump’s view and “wanted to fulfill that need and reduce that pain.”
He said, “But you also understood that when you found a terrorist group like Hamas working in that area, they stop that food aid and bends a lot of food in it,” he said. “It is a challenge that Israel has. This is the challenge that we have other nations around the world.”
