The Senate rejected the Senate’s proposal. Bernie SandersI-VT. This will prevent the Trump administration from planning a $8.8 billion sale to Israel.
Sanders’ proposal was divided into two votes, each of which failed, and 15 senators voted in favor of the measure.
Fourteen Democrats voted for Sanders. They are Richard Durbin of Illinois, Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Ben Ray Luján Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Peter Welch of Virginia.
Senator Bernie Sanders responded to President Donald Trump’s speech at the joint Congress meeting. (Getty Images by Joe Maher/Fane)
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Before the vote, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Jim RischR-Idaho warned that in the adoption of the resolution, the senators “will give up Israel at a critical moment in global security, our end in the Middle East.”
On Wednesday, Sanders released a video discussing his proposal, asking the United States to “end our accomplices to these atrocities” in Gaza. He also accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of acting in a “barbaric” manner, saying humanitarian aid has been blocked from reaching Gaza people.
According to an agreement on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal from January 19, 2025 to March 2, 2025, a total of 25,200 AIDS trucks entered Gaza. Territorial Government Activities Coordinator. These include 4,200 weekly AIDS trucks.
On February 18, 2025, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, trucks near the border crossing between the Rafah Strip between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. (Reuters/Abd El Ghany)
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Before the crash earlier last month Ceasefire deal The release of 33 hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners were seen.
Israel has long gained bipartisan support in the United States, but the latest war with Hamas has split the Democrats. Some, such as Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, are fierce defenders of Israel, while others, such as Sanders, are also harsh critics.
Demonstrators participated in protests by Palestinians who supported Gaza during a bystander at the Democratic National Conference in Chicago on August 22, 2024. (Reuters/Seth Pioneer)
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Sanders made a similar proposal during the Biden administration in November 2024, which also failed. Many senators who favored his April 2025 proposal voted for the Biden administration’s resolution, except for Sens. AngusKing, Maine, Maine, Jeanne Shaheen, NH, NH, NH and Raphael Warnock, GA. Fox News. Fox News contacted their office and asked about their office what changed between November 2024 and November 2024.
Sanders claimed that the Israeli government was “controlled not only by right-wing extremists but by religious fanatics” of his joint resolution in November. He also accused Netanyahu of violating international law.
