Iran Press/America: “When Congress returns, I will move Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block offensive arms sales to Israel,” he wrote on X.
“But President Biden should act now: Israel is clearly violating U.S. and international law, using starvation as a tool of its all-out war against the Palestinian people,” he said.
His remarks came after a letter, leaked Tuesday, warned Israel to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza in the next 30 days or risk a US arms embargo.
US officials confirmed that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin co-signed a letter that expressed concern about the humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
Sanders introduced legislation last month to block the sale of more than $20bn in US arms sales to Israel, saying that the export of the weapons would violate the criteria laid out in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act (AECA).
The Senate will vote on the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) when it reconvenes in November.
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