Sen. Angus King Says He No Longer Supports Providing Aid to Israel

Schwab: Our aid to Israel shouldn’t enable innocents’ starvation

HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington Israel must find a way to defend itself without choking off food and bombing homes and hospitals. Schwab: Our aid to Israel shouldn’t enable innocents’ starvation Wire Service

Sen. Angus King says he no longer supports providing aid to Israel

King cited to what his office called the “growing nutrition and humanitarian crisis in Gaza.”

Angus King Calls for a Freeze on US Aid to Israel

U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) wants the U.S. government to suspend its assistance to Israel, America’s key ally in the Middle East, until the Jewish state changes its policies with respect to Gaza, Maine’s junior senator announced on Monday. “I cannot defend the indefensible. Israel’s actions in the conduct of the war in Gaza, especially [...] The post Angus King Calls for a Freeze on US Aid to Israel appeared first on The Maine Wire.

Sanders introduces another resolution to block arms transfer to Israel

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced a joint resolution of disapproval on Monday to block an arms transfer to Israel, potentially setting up another Senate floor battle over U.S. aid to Israel — the third since November of last year. The resolution comes as criticism of Israel has reached new heights among Senate Democrats over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, a state of affairs that could generate increased support for Sanders’ latest effor…

Bernie Sanders mounts new effort to block arms to Israel

As hunger mounts in the Gaza Strip because of Israel’s war and repeated blocks of aid to it, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a joint resolution yesterday providing for congressional disapproval of exporting some weapons assistance to Israel. No text is available of yet, but Sen. Sanders' office told RS the Joint Resolution aims to block the sale of thousands of fully-automatic assault rifles (Transmittal No. DDTC 23–066), to police forces over…

Sen. King says he no longer supports providing U.S. aid to Israel

Maine's junior senator cited the 'growing nutrition and humanitarian crisis in Gaza' as his reasons for severing support to the Middle East nation.