“The United States has quietly approved and delivered more than 100 separate foreign military sales to Israel since the Gaza war began Oct. 7, amounting to thousands of precision-guided munitions, small-diameter bombs, bunker busters, small arms and other lethal aid, U.S. officials told members of Congress in a recent classified briefing.”
* * *
“For many years the USA has provided Israel substantial sums of money. …the blank check approach must end, the USA must make it clear that while we are friends of Israel…we cannot be complicit in actions that violate international law and our sense of decency. That includes end to indiscriminate bombing….so that humanitarian assistance can come in to the region,…the displaced Gazans to return to their homes, no long-term Israeli occupation of Gaza, an end to settlers violence in the West Bank and a freeze on settlement expansion; a commitment to broad peace talks for a two-state solution.” The Senator reposed: “I, and some other members of Congress, have tried to do what we could. Obviously we did not do enough. Now we must recommit to this effort. The stake are just too high to give up.”