Progressive U.S. House Democrats Move To Block Arms Sale To Israel

The United States should not be rubber-stamping weapons sales to the Israeli government as they deploy our resources to target international media outlets, schools, hospitals, humanitarian missions and civilian sites for bombing.

We have a responsibility to protect human rights. https://t.co/OctBNYFpwp

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 19, 2021

The Hill: Ocasio-Cortez leading effort to block arms sale to Israel 

A group of progressive House Democrats led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) introduced a resolution Wednesday aimed at blocking a $735 million arms sale to Israel. 

The resolution is largely symbolic as Democratic leaders who support the sale are unlikely to give the legislation a vote and the window for lawmakers to force a vote to block the sale closes in a couple of days. 

But the effort underscores the growing divide among Democrats on Israel as a bloody crisis in Gaza continues.  

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WNU Editor: This motion will be defeated by the leadership of the Democrat party. But it is an indication on what direction the Democrat Party is going. In a certain way they are now starting to mirror what the Labor Party has become in the U.K.. A political party that over the years shifted its stance to a more pro-Palestinian position.