House Resolution Seeks to Block Weapons Sale to Israel
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., introduced a resolution last week to block a $320 million U.S. weapons sale to Israel. The resolution, which is co-sponsored by Reps. Cori Bush, D-Mo.; Summer Lee, D-Pa.; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Delia Ramirez, D-Ill.; and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., seeks to block the “proposed export license” for shipments of Spice Family Guided Bomb Assemblies to Israel. Omar said the weapon has been used by Israel in its siege against Gaza in response to the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas last month.
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“The United States already provides the Israeli government with $3.8 billion of military aid a year, and holds enormous leverage over their actions. It is the responsibility of Congress to exercise oversight over weapons sales,” Omar said. “That is why we must not allow weapons sales that will be used to directly violate U.S. and international law, human rights, and our own moral standing in the world.” The resolution was endorsed by various anti-war advocacy groups.