The United States Senate has rejected a series of resolutions aimed at halting a $20 billion weapons sale to Israel, despite growing calls to condition military aid to the country. The primary resolution, which sought to block the sale of tank rounds, failed by a 79 to 18 vote on Wednesday.
The measures were introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders in September, marking the first time a weapons deal with Israel faced such a vote. Although the resolutions garnered limited support, prominent progressive and mainstream Democratic senators endorsed the effort, signalling a shift in the debate over unconditional US aid to Israel.
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Two additional resolutions targeting other parts of the weapons deal also failed, receiving fewer than 20 votes each. Despite the outcomes, rights advocates, including Beth Miller of Jewish Voice for Peace, described the vote as a significant “inflection point” in the decades-long push to restrict Washington’s military support for Israel.
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