Democrats split as Senate rejects bills to block weapons transfers to Israel

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Washington, DC – The United States Senate has rejected a bill that aimed to block a US weapons sale to Israel amid the country’s war on Gaza, an outcome that rights advocates say does not take away from a growing push to condition aid to Washington’s top ally.
Aljazeera
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Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and progressive allies filed “resolutions of disapproval” to protest $20 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel, teeing up a Wednesday vote in the Senate.
The Gazette
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Sanders, I-Vt., sponsored three separate resolutions which zeroed in on different types of weapons: tank rounds, mortar rounds and a type of guidance kit that is often attached to bombs dropped in Gaza.
NBC News
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Nearly a third of Senate Democratic caucus voted to halt arms sales on Wednesday, in direct defiance of the White House.
The Independent

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