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'Enough Is Enough': Sanders to Force Votes on Blocking Trump Arms Sales to Israel (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 1 week ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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Since the start of President Donald Trump's second term, his administration has approved around $12 billion in arms sales to Israel and lifted a Biden-era block on the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs that Israeli forces have used to commit atrocities against Palestinians.

Earlier this year, Sanders led an unsuccessful effort to block the Trump administration's sale of nearly $9 billion in weapons to the Israeli government. Just 14 senators, all Democrats, backed the resolutions.

But there are some indications that support for blocking arms sales could grow as the starvation crisis that Israel has imposed on Gaza intensifies. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who did not support the resolutions Sanders tried to pass in April, said earlier this week that he would vote for "an end to any United States support whatsoever" for Israel "until there is a demonstrable change in the direction of Israeli policy."

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/post/33388267

AOC still parroting the dipshit position about defensive weapons. She had the opportunity to stand with other squad members and she toed the pro genocide line.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is she on AIPAC payroll... She must know her base ain't down to genocide

This doesnt make any sense

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This doesnt make any sense

Her justification for voting to send weapons to Israel:

There is such a thing as "defensive" weapons.
The vote didn't matter because it wasn't going to pass.
The vote didn't matter because MTG called for it.

Its just a real, real shitty look on the part of AOC, especially considering far more vulnerable squad members voted for it.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah her reasoning is: fuck off pleb