As support for Israel drops in polls, Democrats are increasingly trying to distance themselves from the Gaza genocide. A common tactic is to place the blame on “the Netanyahu government,” but this ignores Israel’s long history of ethnic cleansing.
Bernie Sanders’s recent resolutions blocking weapons to Israel failed, but analysts say they suggest that Palestine will serve as a litmus test in the Democratic Party going forward.
27 Senators, including the majority of Democrats, voted for a Bernie Sanders effort to block arm sales to Israel.
Democratic lawmakers are pressuring Trump as a new Gallup poll shows that just 32% of Americans back Israel’s actions in Gaza, an all-time low.
Amid Israel’s continued attacks on Iran, U.S. lawmakers from across the political spectrum are pushing efforts to curb Donald Trump’s war powers as U.S. involvement in the war threatens to fracture Trump’s political coalition.
The campus group Hillel has expressed concerns about Trump’s student repression, but it’s impossible to take the organization’s sentiments seriously given its history of attacking free speech on Palestine.
The Senate has rejected a pair of resolutions from Senator Bernie Sanders aimed at blocking weapon sales to Israel.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is once again introducing legislation aimed at halting U.S. arms sales to Israel.