Bernie Sanders drops attempt to block arms sale to Israel

• Published date: 26 May 2021
• Author: Dan Verbin
• Date: 26 May 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

"At a moment when US-made bombs are devastating Gaza, and killing women and children, we cannot simply let another huge arms sale go through without even a congressional debate," said Sanders at the time, Reuters reported.

The effort by the Vermont Senator was seen as a long-shot to force a vote as he had been told last week that the State Department had already finalized the sale, and the Senate did not have the power to block it.

Sanders was banking on using the Arms Control Export Act that gives Congress the ability to halt an arms sale with a majority vote on a joint resolution of disapproval, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Sanders has also reportedly halted a blockage of State Department nominees that he had put in place last week after...