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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Erum Salam and agencies

US Senate rejects Bernie Sanders effort to block arms sales to Israel

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Bernie Sanders said: ‘The United States of America is complicit in these atrocities. This complicity must end.’ Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The US Senate has blocked legislation that would have halted the sale of some US weapons to Israel, which had been introduced out of concern about the human rights catastrophe faced by Palestinians in Gaza.

Senator Bernie Sanders had introduced what are called joint resolutions of disapproval, seeking to block the Biden administration’s recent sale of $20bn in US weapons to Israel.

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