Sanders: Sending More Aid To Israel Is “Irresponsible”

The Hill reports:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Sunday that the United States approving additional aid to Israel is “irresponsible,” pointing to the thousands of civilians killed in Gaza amid Israel’s war against militant group Hamas.

“Israel is losing the war in terms of how the world is looking at this situation,” Sanders said on CBS’s Face the Nation. “And I think that it would be irresponsible for the United States to give [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu another $10 billion to continue to wage this awful war.”

Sanders sided with Republicans last week to block the $111 billion emergency supplemental package requested by President Biden to provide aid to Ukraine and Israel due to concerns over Israeli operations in Gaza.

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Bernie Sanders on why he hasn’t called for a ceasefire: “I don’t know how you can have a permanent ceasefire with Hamas, who has said before Oct 7 & after Oct 7 that they want to destroy Israel… Israel has the right to defend itself & go after Hamas, not the Palestinian people” pic.twitter.com/8NVXbEO3dO

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 10, 2023

At a time when some 16,000 Palestinians have been killed in the last 2 months, two-thirds women and children, & 1.8 million displaced from their homes, NO. I don’t think it’s a good idea to hand another $10 billion to Israel’s right-wing extremist government no strings attached. pic.twitter.com/TvO5to6BjI

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 5, 2023