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Bernie Sanders calls on Congress to block funding to Israel
Israel’s response ‘has been grossly disproportionate, immoral and in violation of international law’, senator says
Joan E Grevein Washington
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Tue 2 Jan 2024 22.15 GMT
Last modified on Tue 2 Jan 2024 23.03 GMT
Bernie Sanders, the progressive senator of Vermont, issued a statement Tuesday calling on Congress to block additional funding to Israel amid the war in Gaza, where more than 22,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks after Hamas killed 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October.
“While we recognize that Hamas’ barbaric terrorist attack began this war, we must also recognize that Israel’s military response has been grossly disproportionate, immoral and in violation of international law,” Sanders said.
“Enough is enough. Congress must reject that funding. The taxpayers of the United States must no longer be complicit in destroying the lives of innocent men, women, and children in Gaza.”
Sanders has grown increasingly critical of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightwing government as the military strikes in Gaza have continued. Last month, Sanders introduced a resolution calling on the state department to investigate any potential human rights violations in Gaza, and he also condemned the US veto of a UN security council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Days later, the US abstained from a vote on another UN resolution calling for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses” in the war.
Sanders’ statement came as Congress considers Joe Biden’s request for $10bn in aid to Israel as part of a larger funding package meant to assist US allies, including Ukraine, and address border security. Last month, Sanders notably opposed a $111bn funding proposal backed by Democrats because of his concerns about the money for Israel included in the bill.
“Israel has the absolute right to defend itself against the Hamas terrorists who attacked them on October 7,” Sanders said in a statement explaining his vote. “They do not have the legal or moral right to kill thousands of innocent Palestinian men, women, and children.”
Senate Republicans successfully blocked that funding bill from advancing, and bipartisan negotiations over a compromise measure have stretched on for weeks. It remained unclear on Tuesday whether an agreement could be reached. As the standoff has stretched on, the Biden administration has twice invoked its emergency authority to bypass Congress and approve two arms sales to Israel.
adnj wrote:Fewer than 200 Israeli troops killed. Nice plan, Hamas.
Kickstart wrote:Meanwhile plans coming in to place
Send Palestinians to Congo
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/israel-secret ... 17093.html
bluefete wrote:Kickstart wrote:Meanwhile plans coming in to place
Send Palestinians to Congo
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/israel-secret ... 17093.html
I saw this and was like --- SERIUOSLY?
But if the UK wants to send migrants to the Congo or Rwanda as well ......
Kickstart wrote:Meanwhile plans coming in to place
Send Palestinians to Congo
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/israel-secret ... 17093.html
Dizzy28 wrote:73 people (so far) killed in a blast at the grave site for Qasim Solemani in what can only be a terrorist attack.
Today is the anniversary of his death.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wor ... s?from=mdr
Are you a stupid idiot or just a moron?bluefete wrote:Kickstart wrote:Meanwhile plans coming in to place
Send Palestinians to Congo
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/israel-secret ... 17093.html
I saw this and was like --- SERIUOSLY?
But if the UK wants to send migrants to the Congo or Rwanda as well ......
A report that holds no water and conducted by Jewsadnj wrote:
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/israeli-officials-calls-voluntary-migration-234350618.htmlalfa wrote:Kickstart wrote:Meanwhile plans coming in to place
Send Palestinians to Congo
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/israel-secret ... 17093.html
This war is about Hamas and hostages, it has nothing to do with land grabbing at all
Israel is trying hard to goad hesbolah and Iran to retaliate hard. They want a justification to pull America to strike out hard and eliminate their threats for them. U hear the aipac American politicians pushing to nuke Iran.ed360123 wrote:Seeing reports on Twitter about an alleged Israeli strike in Lebanon.
There are couple of tuners on here that think like John Kirby.sMASH wrote:American jackass John Kirby characterized the south African suit against isrsel as 'meritless, counter productive and baseless '.
Confirmed civilian deaths is just under 21,000.
This is worse than what the nazis did to the jews.
Adnj does go to bed and plot 'i can't get attention by talking sense, so might as well jess be a cnut'Kickstart wrote:There are couple of tuners on here that think like John Kirby.sMASH wrote:American jackass John Kirby characterized the south African suit against isrsel as 'meritless, counter productive and baseless '.
Confirmed civilian deaths is just under 21,000.
This is worse than what the nazis did to the jews.
And yes Jews are worst than Nazis
Updated 10:32 AM GMT-4, January 4, 2024
BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. airstrike on the headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in central Baghdad on Thursday killed a high-ranking militia commander, militia officials said.
Thursday’s strike comes amid mounting regional tensions fueled by the Israel-Hamas war and fears that it could spill over into surrounding countries. It also coincides with a push by Iraqi officials for US-led coalition forces to leave the country. The Popular Mobilization Force, or PMF, a coalition of militias that is nominally under the control of the Iraqi military, announced in a statement that its deputy head of operations in Baghdad, Mushtaq Taleb al-Saidi, or “Abu Taqwa,” had been killed “as a result of brutal American aggression.”
https://apnews.com/article/iraq-iran-mi ... d625a1154a
Gal Abdush was killed on October 7. The story about Gal Abdush's alleged rape relied on forensic evidence.Bad Dog wrote:It does not matter how many lies are told and how many times they manipulate the lies to increase 'horror' factor to show the world that Hamas committed unspeakable violence against women and children. The truth comes out.
A New York Times story claiming a pattern of gender-based violence on October 7 hinged on the story of Gal Abdush. But the Abdush family says there is no proof she was raped, and that Times reporters interviewed them under false pretenses.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/family-o ... ated-them/
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