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Ali Harb

Advocates hail ‘historic’ progress after US Senate vote on arms to Israel

US Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, says the vote shows that the 'tide is turning' [File: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters]

Washington, DC – Palestinian rights advocates are hailing the growing number of lawmakers in the United States showing willingness to restrict weapons to Israel over the atrocities in Gaza after a Senate vote on the issue.

The majority of Democrats in the Senate voted late on Wednesday in favour of a resolution to block a weapons sale to Israel in what rights advocates have hailed as a major blow to the bipartisan support that Israel has traditionally enjoyed in Congress.

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