{"id":530451,"date":"2021-05-20T17:06:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=530451"},"modified":"2021-05-20T17:06:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:06:12","slug":"lets-have-the-vote-cotton-throws-down-gauntlet-to-bernie-dem-senators-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-have-the-vote-cotton-throws-down-gauntlet-to-bernie-dem-senators-on-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Let\u2019s Have The Vote\u2019: Cotton Throws Down Gauntlet To Bernie, Dem Senators On 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\">28<\/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%2Flets-have-the-vote-cotton-throws-down-gauntlet-to-bernie-dem-senators-on-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=530451&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tom-Cotton-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, Arkansas GOP Senator Tom Cotton threw down the gauntlet to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), as well as other Democratic senators, tweeting, \u201cBernie Sanders is trying to block the U.S. from selling arms to Israel. Let\u2019s have the vote. It\u2019s time for the Democrats to go on the record.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3406593406593\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bernie Sanders is trying to block the U.S. from selling arms to Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s have the vote.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for the Democrats to go on the record.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1395412971451559941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/20\/sen-bernie-sanders-introduce-resolution-disapproval-735-million-us-arms-sale-israel\/\">The Washington Post<\/a> reported on Thursday that Sanders would introduce a resolution on halting the U.S. sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel. \u201cThe resolution needs only a simple majority to pass the Senate; but if it were to be vetoed by President Joe Biden, it would need a two-thirds majority in both chambers to take effect,\u201d the Post noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a moment when U.S.-made bombs are devastating Gaza, and killing women and children, we cannot simply let another huge arms sale go through without even a congressional debate,\u201d Sanders informed the Post. Sanders was following in the footsteps of his close compatriots Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who joined Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) to introduce a similar resolution on Wednesday in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Sanders penned a virulent article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/14\/opinion\/bernie-sanders-israel-palestine-gaza.html\">The New York Times<\/a> attacking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p><em>We have seen Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s government work to marginalize and demonize Palestinian citizens of Israel, pursue settlement policies designed to foreclose the possibility of a two-state solution and pass laws that entrench systemic inequality between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Over more than a decade of his right-wing rule in Israel, Mr. Netanyahu has cultivated an increasingly intolerant and authoritarian type of racist nationalism. \u2026 we can no longer be apologists for the right-wing Netanyahu government and its undemocratic and racist behavior.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He concluded by borrowing a mantra from a well-known American left-wing organization: \u201cPalestinian lives matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also last week, Sanders blamed \u201cright-wing extremists in Jerusalem\u201d for the conflict between Israel and Hamas, \u201cI am extremely concerned by the growing conflict in Israel and Palestine. Once again we are seeing how the irresponsible actions of government-allied right-wing extremists in Jerusalem can escalate quickly into devastating war.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5588235294118\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am extremely concerned by the growing conflict in Israel and Palestine. Once again we are seeing how the irresponsible actions of government-allied right-wing extremists in Jerusalem can escalate quickly into devastating war.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1392216136285052928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mosaicmagazine.com\/picks\/israel-zionism\/2019\/04\/catering-to-the-democratic-fringe-bernie-sanders-defames-israel-again\/\">Mosaic Magazine<\/a> has noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p><em>When Sanders wanted to win the Democratic nomination in 2016, he claimed that Israel had killed over 10,000 innocent Palestinians, launched indiscriminate attacks in the Gaza Strip, and shelled hospitals in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. The senator not only inflated the numbers by several orders of magnitude, he even outdid the Hamas spokespersons in creating a false narrative that the IDF was intentionally attacking the civilian population.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Conversely, Cotton fiercely supports the Jewish state. In mid-December 2018, Cotton and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/cotton-cruz-introduce-resolution-encouraging-united-states-recognize-israels-sovereignty-golan-heights\/\">introduced a resolution<\/a> that urged the Senate to recognize Israel\u2019s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. The resolution stated that the United States would support Israel\u2019s right to defend itself, that it is in the United States\u2019 national security interest to ensure Israel\u2019s security, and that Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights would ensure that the Assad regime \u201cfaces diplomatic and geopolitical consequences for the killing of civilians, the ethnic cleansing of Syrian Sunnis, and the use of weapons of mass destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz and Cotton stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p><em>Israel\u2019s northern border has become increasingly dangerous in recent weeks with the discovery of Hezbollah\u2019s terror tunnels and Bashar al Assad\u2019s continued efforts to consolidate control of Syria with the assistance of Iranian shock troops. Responding to the threat posed by Iran and its proxies requires ensuring that Israel can defend its territory and its citizens from attacks. To support Israel\u2019s right to self-defense, Washington should take the long overdue step of affirming Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Arkansas GOP Senator Tom Cotton threw down the gauntlet to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), as well as other Democratic senators, tweeting, \u201cBernie Sanders is trying to block the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312513,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tom-Cotton-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Let\u2019s Have The Vote\u2019: Cotton Throws Down Gauntlet To Bernie, Dem Senators On Israel","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-530451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tom-Cotton-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Let\u2019s Have The Vote\u2019: Cotton Throws Down Gauntlet To Bernie, Dem Senators On Israel","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530451","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}