U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has urged the Congress to cease funding what he referred to as Israel’s ‘unlawful’ struggle on Gaza.
The name on Congress got here Tuesday to reject the $10.1 billion in unconditional navy help being thought-about for Israel to proceed its “brutal war” in opposition to the Palestinian individuals.
“Let me be clear: NO MORE U.S. funding for (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s illegal, immoral, brutal and grossly disproportionate war against the Palestinian people,” Sanders stated on X.
Americans should perceive that Israel’s struggle in opposition to the Palestinian individuals has been considerably waged with U.S. bombs, artillery shells and different types of weaponry, he stated, including: “And the results have been catastrophic.”
“Enough is enough. Congress must reject that funding. The taxpayers of the United States must no longer be complicit in destroying the lives of innocent men, women and children in Gaza,” he added.
Israel has launched relentless air and floor assaults on the Gaza Strip because the Oct. 7 incursion by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.
At least 22,185 Palestinians have since been killed and 57,035 others injured, based on Gaza’s well being authorities, whereas practically 1,140 Israelis are believed to have been killed within the Hamas assault.
The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins, with 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure broken or destroyed and practically 2 million residents displaced amid acute shortages of meals, clear water and medicines.
Source: www.dailysabah.com