{"id":2150770,"date":"2024-01-16T16:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-demands-senate-vote-on-bill-potentially-freezing-military-aid-to-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:47:20","slug":"bernie-sanders-demands-senate-vote-on-bill-potentially-freezing-military-aid-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-demands-senate-vote-on-bill-potentially-freezing-military-aid-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders urges Senate to vote on bill that could halt military aid to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbernie-sanders-demands-senate-vote-on-bill-potentially-freezing-military-aid-to-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2150770&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to members\u2062 of\u2064 the press \u2064outside the West Wing of the White House on January 25, 2023 \u200bin Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex\u2064 Wong\/Getty \u200bImages)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>1:16 \u200cPM \u2013 Tuesday, January 16, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>Vermont Senator and Democratic\u2063 Socialist\u2062 Bernie Sanders is urging\u2063 the United States Senate\u2062 to take action on a\u2062 bill that\u200d could potentially halt military aid \u2063to Israel. The bill calls for a report on &#8220;possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haley-blasts-aoc-over-israel-resolution-you-would-fit-great-with-the-anti-semites-at-u-n\/\" title=\"Haley slams AOC on Israel resolution: 'You align with U.N.'s anti-Semites'.\">human \u2063rights violations<\/a>\u2064 in Gaza&#8221; before any \u200cfurther aid is provided. Sanders\u2063 is utilizing a\u2064 provision in the Foreign Assistance Act to push for this vote.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Today, Sanders plans to compel the Senate to vote on his resolution, \u200cwhich\u200c would prompt the State Department \u2062to investigate whether Israel committed any human \u200drights abuses using \u200bU.S.\u200c equipment or \u200daid during \u2063its attack \u200bon Hamas \u2064in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, Sanders&#8217; resolution would require the State Department to disclose \u200bany <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-chinese-communist-party-has-weaseled-its-way-into-americas-kindergarten-classrooms\/\" title=\"Chinese Communist Party infiltrates US kindergartens.\">human \u2064rights violations<\/a> that\u200c occurred\u2064 during Israel&#8217;s \u200dretaliatory war efforts\u2064 and blockade of Gaza following the initial attack by Hamas on October\u200b 7th.<\/p>\n<p>If authorized, the\u200b State\u200b Department would have 30\u2064 days to produce a report\u200c to Congress examining any human rights violations that may have occurred during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s government&#8217;s military campaign. Sanders has criticized Israel&#8217;s retaliatory attacks as &#8220;indiscriminate and \u2063disproportionate military operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dresolution is based on a \u2062section\u2064 of the Foreign \u200dAssistance Act that allows Congress to direct\u2063 the State Department to \u200breport on human rights issues related to any nation receiving\u2064 security assistance \u200dfrom the United States. \u2062Sanders \u2062claims that this\u200d type of request has never been voted on since the act was \u2064passed in \u20631976.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution, initially \u2062proposed by Sanders in December, cannot be altered and only requires a simple majority to\u200c pass. However, Congress would still need to navigate a separate \u2063resolution to modify security assistance provided \u200cto Israel. This \u2062resolution would\u200b need to pass both houses of Congress and be signed\u2062 into law by \u200dPresident Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;In essence, we will be voting on a very simple question: \u200dDo you support asking the State Department whether human rights violations may have occurred using U.S. equipment or assistance in this war? This resolution is not prescriptive \u2014 it does not \u200calter aid to Israel in any\u200b way. It simply requests that the\u200d State Department \u2063report \u2063on how \u2063our aid is being used,&#8221; Sanders asserted last week on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sanders, who is Jewish, had\u2062 previously shown\u2064 support for Israel but\u200d reportedly changed his position after facing criticism from leftist activists. He had\u2063 volunteered in\u2063 Israel in the 1960s and expressed \u200bsolidarity with the country \u2064following the Hamas attack on\u2062 October\u200d 7th, which claimed many innocent lives.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Senate will soon vote on my resolution directing the State Department to report on any \u200chuman rights violations that \u200dmay have occurred using U.S. equipment in the\u200d Israeli military\u2062 campaign \u200din \u2062Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>It should not be controversial to \u200bask how U.S. weapons are used. \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/egtZgBwO5Q\">pic.twitter.com\/egtZgBwO5Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1747306623582748797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts \u2062directly to\u2063 your inbox for \u200cfree. \u200dSubscribe here. \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with David Menzies<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ed Martin<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Dr. Jeff Barke<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u2062 C.J. Maxwell<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla CEO Elon\u200b Musk emphasized\u2064 the \u2063importance of maintaining \u200dat least 25% voting control of the company while discussing the growth of the automaker in \u2062AI and robotics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google \u2062is facing a federal jury trial in Boston over allegations\u200d that its processors infringe\u2062 on a computer scientist&#8217;s patents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI and Microsoft are \u200bbeing sued in Manhattan federal \u2063court \u2063by nonfiction authors who\u2062 claim their work\u2062 was\u200b misused to train AI models behind \u200bAI-based services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SpaceX has filed a lawsuit against a U.S. labor board to block a case accusing\u2062 the company of illegally \u2062firing employees. The lawsuit refers to CEO Elon Musk \u2064as &#8220;a distraction and embarrassment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How is Senator Bernie Sanders utilizing the Foreign Assistance Act to \u200bpush for a bill addressing human rights\u2064 violations in \u2062Gaza?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  E Sanders (@SenSanders) January\u200c 16, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        In recent years, there has been a growing concern\u2064 about human rights violations in conflict zones around the world. \u200dOne such conflict is the ongoing conflict \u200bbetween Israel\u200d and Hamas in Gaza. Senator Bernie Sanders, \u2064a \u2063prominent figure in \u200bU.S. politics, is now urging the Senate to take action on a bill that could potentially\u200d halt military aid to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which Senator Sanders is pushing for,\u200b calls for a report on &#8220;possible\u200c human\u200b rights violations\u2064 in Gaza&#8221; before any further aid\u2062 is provided to\u200b Israel. Sanders\u2062 is utilizing a provision in the Foreign Assistance Act to \u200cbring this issue to a vote.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the bill is to \u2064prompt the State Department to investigate whether\u2064 Israel\u200c has\u200b committed any human rights abuses using U.S. equipment or aid during its \u2062attack on \u200cHamas in Gaza. If approved, the resolution would require \u2063the State\u2064 Department to \u2062disclose any human\u2063 rights violations that occurred during Israel&#8217;s retaliatory war \u200befforts \u2064and\u2064 blockade of Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>Sanders has been critical of \u200dIsrael&#8217;s actions, calling them &#8220;indiscriminate and disproportionate military \u2062operations.&#8221; He believes that it is essential to hold nations accountable for their actions, especially when \u200bthey\u2063 receive \u200dsecurity assistance from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution proposed by Sanders cannot be altered\u200b and only requires \u2064a simple majority\u200b to pass. However, Congress would still need \u2063to navigate a separate resolution to modify security assistance provided to \u2063Israel. This resolution would need to pass both houses of Congress and be signed into law by President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders clarified that the\u2064 resolution does not alter aid to \u200cIsrael\u200b in any\u2062 way; it simply requests that the State\u200d Department report on\u2063 how\u200b the aid is being\u200b used. He expressed that it is important\u2063 to ask whether U.S. equipment\u2062 or \u200bassistance has been used in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-oversight-board-declares-israel-hamas-videos-should-not-have-been-taken-down\/\" title=\"Meta Oversight Board rules against removal of Israel-Hamas videos\">potential human rights violations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting\u2062 that \u2063Sanders, who\u200b is Jewish, had previously shown support for Israel. However, he reportedly changed his\u200b position after \u2062facing criticism from leftist activists. In\u2063 light of\u200d the recent\u2063 attack by Hamas that claimed many innocent lives,\u2064 he expressed solidarity \u2062with the \u200dcountry. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2063bill proposed by Senator\u2063 Sanders highlights the \u200cimportance of transparency and accountability in providing\u2062 military aid \u2064to other\u2064 nations. It raises valid concerns\u200b about \u200dhuman rights violations and the responsible use of U.S. equipment and \u200daid. The outcome of\u2064 the\u2062 Senate vote on this resolution will\u200d shed light on the stance \u2062of\u2063 the U.S.\u2062 government \u2062regarding\u2062 these critical \u200cissues.<\/p>\n<p>As debates continue in Congress\u2062 and the global community about the conflict in\u200b Gaza, it\u200b remains crucial\u2064 to \u200cprioritize\u200b the protection of human rights\u200c and work towards a peaceful \u200bresolution that respects\u2063 the dignity \u2064and lives of all those \u2062affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders urges the US Senate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2368,"featured_media":2150771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2150770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2150770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2150771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2150770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2150770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2150770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}