Senate Rejects Sanders’ Push to Block US Arms Sales to Israel

April 3, 2025, 8:07 PM UTC

The Senate rejected two resolutions on Thursday to block the sale of $8.8 billion in US arms to Israel — votes that further revealed divisions in the Democratic Party over military aid in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

  • The chamber voted against discharging the two measures (S. J. Res. 33, S. J. Res. 26) by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; only 15 senators voted in favor of the measures
  • “History will not forgive us for this,” Sanders said Thursday, as he attempted to persuade his colleagues to vote for the measure ...

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