{"id":2210122,"date":"2024-03-31T15:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T19:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-van-hollen-pushes-biden-to-send-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-03-31T15:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T19:29:31","slug":"chris-van-hollen-pushes-biden-to-send-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-van-hollen-pushes-biden-to-send-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Van Hollen urges Biden to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fchris-van-hollen-pushes-biden-to-send-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza%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=2210122&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>Senator Chris Van Hollen criticized the\u200c Biden \u200cadministration for quietly supplying more military weapons to Israel. The White House approved billions in arms despite concerns over a potential Israeli invasion of Rafah. Van Hollen, along with other\u200d Senate Democrats, has been vocal\u2062 about addressing humanitarian crises in Gaza,\u2063 urging President\u2062 Biden to prioritize sending aid without delay. Your rewritten text is concise and effectively summarizes Senator Chris Van Hollen&#8217;s critique of the Biden administration&#8217;s military aid decision regarding Israel. It highlights the key points regarding the arms supply, concerns over a possible invasion, Van Hollen&#8217;s stance, and the call for prioritizing humanitarian \u200caid in Gaza. \u200bThis\u200b version \u2063effectively captures the essence of the original information in\u200d a clear and succinct \u2062manner.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/week-transcript-3-31-24-sen-chris-van\/story?id=108690309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"was critical\">was critical<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"was critical\">Biden administration<\/a> quietly sending additional military weapons to Israel last week. <\/p>\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2945682\/us-authorizes-weapons-transfer-to-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly authorized\">reportedly authorized<\/a> billions of dollars of bombs and fighter jets to Israel, despite growing concerns about a possible Israeli ground invasion of Rafah. Van Hollen has been a leading voice of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2930179\/democrats-push-biden-recognize-nonmilitarized-palestinian-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly authorized\">number<\/a> of Senate Democrats who are critical of Israel due to the rising death toll in Gaza and other humanitarian issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just saying to President Biden, you said \u2018no excuses\u2019 when it comes to getting humanitarian aid into Gaza. Prime Minister Netanyahu continues to drag his feet,\u201d Van Hollen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1774430755277373757?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> on ABC\u2019s <em>This Week<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, instead of just sending more bombs without, in turn, getting the request that you want, Mr. President, let\u2019s at least make this a partnership,\u201d Van Hollen continued.<\/p>\n<p>The package includes \u201cmore than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs,\u201d which was approved by Congress years ago, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2024\/03\/29\/us-weapons-israel-gaza-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>. Van Hollen said the Biden administration should pressure Netanyahu to enforce Biden\u2019s request that Israel use weapons in accordance with international law to allow aid into Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden needs to be as serious about ensuring more humanitarian assistance gets into Gaza, as Netanyahu has been in making his demands,\u201d Van Hollen said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a situation where the Netanyahu government continues to rebuff the president of the United States time and time again, ignores reasonable requests. And what do we do? We say we\u2019re going to send more bombs,\u201d Van Hollen said.<\/p>\n<p>Van Hollen said the U.S. needs to use \u201cleverage\u201d to aid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>, not a \u201cone-way blank check with American taxpayer dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said the U.S. should not cease to give aid to Israel to defeat Hamas but rather ensure that Netanyahu is following Biden\u2019s repeated request for allowing access of humanitarian aid into Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about saying, \u2018Hey, we have requests, don\u2019t let people starve to death,\u2019\u201d Van Hollen said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s discreet provision of more military arms to Israel recently. The White House sanctioned billions for bombs and fighter jets amidst fears of a potential Israeli ground invasion in Rafah. 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