Bernie Sanders to support Iron Dome funding in exchange for Gaza aid

AuthorJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Published date09 October 2021
Publication titleJerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)
Sanders acknowledged that while Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system saves countless civilian lives, it is already fully funded, and the extra $1b. offered by the US is on top of $3.8b. already supplied to Israel from the US – more aid than to any other country.

He then stressed the damage caused to infrastructure in Gaza and Palestinian lives during Operation Guardian of the Walls this past May. Over 1,000 homes and Gaza's only facility for COVID-19 testing were destroyed, 72,000 people were displaced, and water and sewage lines were destroyed, among other damages, the letter elaborated.

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"If the goal of this supplemental funding is to help Israel replenish Iron Dome after the war that took place in May, it would be irresponsible if we do not at the same time address the enormous destruction and suffering that that war caused the Palestinians in Gaza," Sanders wrote.

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