Record number of Democrats join failed bid to block weapons sales to Israel
Al Jazeera
US Senate vote highlights growing split among Democrats over support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
The United States Senate has rejected a bid to halt arms sales to Israel amid growing international condemnation of its war in Gaza.
Though unsuccessful, Wednesday’s vote nonetheless highlighted building opposition to Israel’s war within the Democratic Party.
Twenty-seven Democrats voted for a resolution to block the sale of 20,000 automatic assault rifles to Israel, while 24 voted to halt a $675m shipment of bombs.
All Republicans voting were opposed.
The resolutions introduced by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are by far the closest the US Senate has come to limiting arms shipments to Israel.
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