Sen. Bernie Sanders to introduce resolution of disapproval on $735 million U.S. arms sale to Israel

[SouthBayDem]

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Source: Washington Post

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is preparing to introduce a resolution on Thursday disapproving of the U.S. sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel, according to a draft obtained by The Washington Post.

The resolution aims to halt the planned sale to Israel by the Biden administration of JDAMs, or Joint Direct Attack Munitions, and Small Diameter Bombs, as the worst hostilities in years continue between Israel and Hamas. The resolution needs only a simple majority to pass the Senate; but if it were to be vetoed by President Joe Biden, it would need a two-thirds majority in both chambers to take effect.

“At a moment when U.S.-made bombs are devastating Gaza, and killing women and children, we cannot simply let another huge arms sale go through without even a congressional debate," Sanders said in a statement to The Post.

"I believe that the United States must help lead the way to a peaceful and prosperous future for both Israelis and Palestinians. We need to take a hard look at whether the sale of these weapons is actually helping do that, or whether it is simply fueling conflict.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/20/sen-bernie-sanders-introduce-resolution-disapproval-735-million-us-arms-sale-israel/

[NurseJackie]

1. Oh, Bernie...

n/t

[RainCaster]

2. This!

I may get censored for saying this, but IMHO, Israel has become a terrorist group. Hamas would cease to exist if Israel would simply give a hand out to the Palestinians, allowing them to rebuild in peace.

[speak easy]

3. "Hamas would cease to exist if ..."

um ... no.

[George II]

9. Israel would have ceased to exist decades ago if not for the support of the United States.

DEIR GHASSANA, West Bank, Jan. 27 - It is not hard to find Palestinians here who see the victory of Hamas as the triumph of resistance and of the group's longstanding vow to drive Israel into the sea.

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/28/world/middleeast/in-one-village-anger-and-a-hunger-for-change.html

[Grins]

4. A resolution. Sound and fury signifying...

Nothing.

[frazzled]

6. Resolutions have no force of law

It’s simply a statement of sentiment. This is what people never understood about the Green New Deal. Nothing would happen as a result of it. It was a resolution, not a bill. A statement of intent.

[George II]

10. An OBVIOUS statement of sentiment, as if no one had thought of it before. Meanwhile.....

President Biden has had a number of calls with Netanyahu in the last 2-3 days, most recently this morning, expressing his anger about the situation. And Netanyahu's cabinet is meeting right now to discuss a cease fire.

[frazzled]

11. As usual

And always after everybody has already voiced the sentiment days or weeks earlier. Somehow, it’s supposed to be news.

[George II]

12. +1

[NurseJackie]

14. Thank you.

[Bayard]

5. It may not go anywhere,

But I agree with Bernie's sentiments. We know exactly where these bombs will be used, and the Biden admin sadly surprises me with this move.

I think the U.S. should get out of the arms sale business altogether.

[twodogsbarking]

7. Bernie looks out for people

more than they look out for themselves.

[George II]

8. Has he done anything about stopping the thousands of rockets being fired by Hamas from Gaza?

[Martin Eden]

13. I would support a resolution for the US to halt arms shipments to Gaza

Until Hamas ceases firing rockets into Israel.

[Spazito]

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