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US Senate to vote on Bernie Sanders-led effort to stop arms sales to Israel

www.middleeasteye.net What to expect when the US Senate finally votes on weapons to Israel

Ahead of new administration, this may be last chance lawmakers have to go on record about Israeli human rights violations

On Wednesday, the US Senate will hold a vote on whether to approve the Pentagon’s request to send another $20bn in armaments to Israel, after a year in which the Biden administration has supplied billions of dollars of arms used in Israel's devastating war on Gaza.

Among the weapons to be approved are 120mm tank rounds, high explosive mortar rounds, F-15IA fighter aircraft, and joint direct attack munitions, known as JDAMs, which are precision systems for otherwise indiscriminate or "dumb" bombs.

Separate resolutions are being brought forward for each weapon type, including its cost to US taxpayers. However, together, the initiative is known as the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs).

As a result of intensive lobbying from pro-Israel groups like Aipac and the Democratic Majority For Israel, no arms transfer to Israel has been blocked.

The resolutions likely to gain the highest levels of support are expected to involve the tank rounds, which have been responsible for killing hundreds of civilians in northern Gaza in particular, and the JDAMs, which caused the death of well-known figures such as Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in southern Lebanon, and six-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza City.

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Here let me fix the headline for you:

US Senate ~~to vote~~ will vote no on Bernie Sanders-led effort to stop arms sales to Israel

There. That way people won't get the wrong impression, like that any of this fucking matters.
- At least we'll get to see which Democratic members of the genocide caucus need primary challengers in the next election cycle. Supporting Netanyahu isn't going to get more popular as the genocide intensifies.
  
  No we won't. I mean, you might, but no one pays attention to voting records anymore. If it even comes to a vote, no one's going to hold anyone's feet to the fire on how they vote on a bill doomed to go nowhere.
  
  This. Is. Meaningless. I can't stress that enough.
- Even if they pass it, It's getting repealed right away in January. This is far too little too late.
  
  Yep. The Trump victory means any attempt whatsoever to hold Netanyahu back is completely meaningless.
  
  Maybe... maybe not. Letting do what they want is in line with trump. But giving money away isn't. So you never know for sure. And isreal probably has enough things stockpiled anyway.
Never forget the blame for trump ever becoming president in the first place was the DNC let Hillary take over while the primaries were still happening in 2015.

Her campaign literally had approval for anything the DNC said or did.

Shoving neo liberals down America's throats is just letting Republicans win. But the people running the party care more about keeping wealthy donors happy than winning elections.

We can't keep going down this path.
- He filled stadiums with his message, she couldn't fill half a highscool gym. It's time for a new party on the actual left.
  
  We don't need a new party.
  
  We need to get the neo liberals out of leadership positions at the DNC.
  
  We're the party of FDR, not billionaires and fossil fuel corporations.
  
  Stadiums don't vote. The last few weeks before the election there were several posts on lemmy about big crowds attending Haris events while Trump struggled to fill venues and bored his attendees. We now now how that turned out...
  
  I agree - too many people mistakenly believe the Dems can be reformed into an actual leftist party. This just isn’t going to happen. They’re corrupt to the core - a center-right fundraising organization eager to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, and they would rather the country burn than do anything against the wishes of their wealthy donors.
  
  What's wrong with the Socialism and Liberation Party?
Biden making sure to take a massive shit on his legacy before setting it on fire. His 50 useless years in politics boiled down to his essential self: an empty suit doused in rancid cowardice
- This is all very consistent with his legacy.
Not a US citizen here, are these open votes? Can we see what portion of democrats voted yes and no etc
- Yes, you can actually see the disappointing number of so-called liberals who make a mockery of the concepts of humanitarianism, anti-racism and the rule of law.
  
  Not if they call a voice vote. However, standard Roberts Rules says that anybody can object to the results of the voice vote and then it goes to actually recording things. Voice votes are meant to move things along when it's obvious a vast majority are in favor, not hide who is trying to pull something.
Money to Israel= BAD

Unlimited money to Ukraine: GOOD
- This but unironically
- Because funding the nation (Israel) actively genociding a population of innocent civilians is toooootally congruent with funding another nation (Ukraine) that's actively being genocided to try and help them resist their oppressors (Russia).
  
  But the peepee tapes??
- Because Genocide = BAD and defence against a war of aggression = GOOD
- That comparison doesn't make any sense.
- Imagine being this dense.
- Hi, Senator.

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