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The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night to reject three efforts led by progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders that would have blocked certain offensive weapons sales to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resolutions got bipartisan opposition and had not been expected to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanders, I-Vt., sponsored three separate resolutions that 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. The resolutions failed, with 78, 79 and 80 senators voting against the three separate attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanders said on X before the vote that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has violated international & U.S. law, violating human rights and blocking humanitarian aid.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a speech on the Senate floor ahead of the vote, Sanders argued that the resolutions “would not affect any of the systems Israel uses to defend itself from incoming attacks,” focusing instead on offensive weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As I have said many, many times: Israel had the absolute right to respond to that horrific Hamas attack, as any other country would. I don\u2019t think anybody here in the United States Senate disagrees with that,” he said in his floor speech. “But Prime Minister Netanyahu\u2019s extremist government has not simply waged war against Hamas. It has waged an all-out war against the Palestinian people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., voted in favor of the resolutions, saying in a statement that “the U.S. strategy of giving the Netanyahu government a blank check for offensive weapons cannot continue.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No nation, not even a close ally such as Israel, is entitled to military assistance from the United States without following U.S. and international law,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., also voted for the resolutions, saying in a statement that de-escalating the war “cannot happen if we look the other way when it comes to how specific weapons are used and their extraordinary toll.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., was the only senator to vote \u201cpresent\u201d on each resolution. She said in a statement that \u201cthese resolutions are not the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m abstaining because neither a \u2018yes\u2019 nor \u2018no\u2019 vote captures my goals of both supporting Israel\u2019s right to defend themself and protecting the lives of innocent Palestinians,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Democrats touted their votes against the resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said on X that she \u201cwill always stand proudly to support our strongest ally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., similarly said in on X that \u201cIsrael is our ally in the Middle East & we must do everything we can to help it defend itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every Republican present for the vote also voted against the resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“While Israel is being attacked on all fronts, it should not be under attack in the halls of Congress,” Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Limiting Israel\u2019s ability to defend itself helps its enemies,” Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said in another post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the presidential campaign, anti-war progressives routinely criticized the Biden administration’s handling of the war, pushing for an end to the conflict and slamming the White House’s alliance with Israel and Netanyahu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel\u2019s government, led by Netanyahu, has ardently argued that it must destroy Hamas to prevent an attack similar to the terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023, when about 1,200 people in Israel were killed and 251 were kidnapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 43,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel\u2019s offensive into the dense enclave since the attack, according to health officials in Gaza. The death toll statistics do not distinguish between Hamas combatants and civilians, but health officials say more than half of those killed are women and children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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