Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during rally organized by Union Now in New York on Saturday. Photograph: Lev Radin/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during rally organized by Union Now in New York on Saturday. Photograph: Lev Radin/Shutterstock Bernie Sanders’ effort to block US weapons sales to Israel fails in SenateSenator’s fourth attempt for resolutions fails, but votes show growing appetite among Democrats to impose limits Bernie Sanders on Wednesday led a failed effort to block the sale of bombs and bulldozers to Israel, but the votes revealed a growing appetite among Democrats to impose limits on US weapons transfers to a longtime US ally.It was the fourth time Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats, had forced consideration of resolutions cutting off military aid for Israel in the Senate, all of which have been rejected by the chamber’s Republican majority, and many Democrats.But on Wednesday, 40 Senators backed a resolution brought by Sanders that would have prevented the sale of $295m in bulldozers and 36 members voted for a second resolution that would have halted a $151.8m sale of 12,000 1,000lb bombs to Israel’s military.“That shift reflects where the American people are,” Sanders said in a statement late on Wednesday…
Published: April 15, 2026 5:57 pm
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