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Senate rejects Sanders-backed proposals to dam arms gross sales to Israel

Editorial Board Published November 21, 2024
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to reject three resolutions sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to dam the sale of sure offensive weapons to Israel in protest of its ongoing navy operations in Gaza.

The Senate voted 18 to 79 to defeat S.J. Res. 111, which might have blocked the sale of 120-millimeter tank rounds.

It additionally voted 18 to 79 towards a decision to dam the sale of 120 mm high-explosive mortar rounds and once more by the identical cut up to defeat a proposal to dam the sale of kits to rework “dumb” bombs into precision-guided weapons.

Sanders emphasised the resolutions had been geared toward “offensive weapons that have been used to devastating effects against the civilians of Gaza and Lebanon.” He argued the restrictions wouldn’t have an effect on Israel’s potential to defend itself from assaults, however colleagues who opposed his proposals disputed that declare.

Sanders stated below the Overseas Help Act and the Arms Management Act, the US can’t present weapons to nations that violate internally acknowledged human rights or block U.S. humanitarian help, which he accused Israel of doing.

“According to the United Nations, much of the international community, and every humanitarian organization on the ground in Gaze, Israel is clearly in violation of these laws,” Sanders stated on the ground. “Under these circumstances, it is illegal for the U.S. government to provide Israel with more offensive weapons.”   

Israel launched a conflict in Gaza towards Hamas, which is the governing authority of Gaza. It did so after Hamas attacked Israel and killed greater than 1,200 folks, most of them civilians.

Sanders cited the deaths of greater than 40,000 folks in Gaza, a quantity compiled by the Palestinian Well being Ministry, an company within the Hamas-run authorities, and the destruction of most of Gaza’s infrastructure.

“The United States cannot be complicit to these atrocities,” Sanders declared.

Sanders has claimed that the destruction in Gaza is worse than what was inflicted on Dresden, Germany, a metropolis that was firebombed, throughout World Warfare II.

J-Road, a center-left pro-Israel group, supported Sanders’s proposals, breaking with many different Jewish and Israel-supporting teams.

“This debate and vote signify another step toward a relationship in which the US can hold Israel accountable for its actions and its use of the weapons we provide in the same way we enforce US laws for all other recipients of US security assistance,” stated Jeremy Ben-Ami, the president of J Road.

Sanders acquired robust pushback from Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Overseas Relations Committee Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.).

Schumer stated he was strongly against Sanders’s proposals, asserting that Israel wants weapons to defend towards its enemies. He stated offering such munitions to Israel has been a “cornerstone” of American coverage for many years.

“Israel is surrounded by enemies dedicated to its annihilation from Hamas to Hezbollah to the Houthis to most threateningly of all, Iran. These threats have been for a long time and will persist for many years into the future,” Schumer warned.

Cardin additionally voiced his robust opposition to Sanders’s proposals. He stated that if carried out they might have an effect on arms shipments years into the longer term. He warned the restrictions may have the unintended consequence of hamstringing Israel towards unknown future adversaries.

“These tank munitions have a deliver date three years from now. They are replenishments. This is so Israel has the capacity to defend itself against future threats that we know are in the region, that are real,” he argued.

And he stated the restriction on high-explosive mortars would possibly put Israel in a scenario the place “they can’t defend themselves against future threats.”

Cardin stated restrictions on gross sales of kits for information bombs would doubtless result in extra civilian casualties.

With out precision steerage, he warned that bombs have “a a lot greater probability of lacking the goal.

“I don’t understand why we wouldn’t want to prevent Israel from having the technology to have precision use of its munitions,” he stated.

Halie Soifer, the CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, which opposed the resolutions, applauded the “majority of Senate Democrats” for voting towards the measures.”

“As the Biden White House stated in a memo to the Senate, ‘Now is the time to focus pressure on Hamas to release the hostages and stop the war. Cutting off arms from Israel would put this goal even further out of reach and prolong the war, not shorten it,’” Soifer stated in a press release.  

Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), a number one Republican voice on overseas coverage who has visited Israel — by his personal recollection — seven or eight instances for the reason that Oct. 7, 2023, assaults on Israeli settlements, argued that Hamas continues to pose an existential menace to Israel.

“Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing more Jews than any time since the holocaust. What were they up to? Their pledge to destroy the Jewish state — they’re religious Nazis,” he declared.

Ben-Ami, the president of J Road, disputed the claims of Democratic senators who warned that limiting arms gross sales would put Israel’s safety in danger.

“Contrary to opponents’ claims regarding today’s vote, US support for Israel’s security was never at risk,” he stated. “The entire Senators who voted for a decision of disapproval as we speak have supported tens of billions of {dollars} in safety help to Israel all through their careers.

“No Senators are calling for anything approaching an arms embargo and all of them endorse continued support for Iron Dome and other defensive systems,” he added.

Up to date at 9:15 p.m. EDT

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