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US senators back Donald Trump’s arms sales to Israel

RT News · · 357 words · By Russia Today
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“The US Senate has voted against two resolutions blocking American arms sales to Israel put forward by independent lawmaker Bernie Sanders.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the US Senate voted against two resolutions blocking arms sales to Israel that were put forward by Bernie Sanders. One source notes the Senate overwhelmingly rejected the resolutions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2012 United States Senate election in Vermont was held on November 6, 2012. Incumbent independent Senator Bernie Sanders won reelection to a second term in a landslide, defeating Republican nomine…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He is the longest-serving inde…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the 2016 presidential campaign, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders sought the Democratic Party's nomination in a field of six major candidates and was the runner up with 46% of the pledged delegates be…
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“The resolutions received support from some 75% of Democrats during the votes on Wednesday, but still failed to pass as the Republicans almost unanimously rejected them.”
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The web search results confirm the resolutions failed to pass, but they do not provide specific details regarding support from 'some 75% of Democrats' or the 'near-unanimous rejection by Republicans' in the manner described. The evidence is insufficient to corroborate the specific percentages or the partisan breakdown mentioned.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Maine will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Maine. This election will coincide with U.S. H…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. As of March 2026, there are 53 Republican…
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“Sanders, who caucuses with the Democrats, was looking to stop the $295 million sale of bulldozers and the $151.8 million sale of 12,000 general purpose 1,000-pound ‘dumb’ bombs to West Jerusalem.”
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Multiple web search results specifically state that Sanders sought to stop the sale of bulldozers ($295 million) and the sale of 1,000-pound bombs ($151.8 million) to West Jerusalem.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He is the longest-serving inde…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bernie Sanders is an American politician who has served as a senator from Vermont since 2007. Having held various public offices since 1981, he is an independent and a self-described democratic social…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Simone Rimmon Zimmerman (born November 30, 1990) is a Jewish American anti-Zionist activist who opposes the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. She is the founder of the lobby grou…
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“Both resolutions ended up being voted down by 59 to 40 and 63 to 36, respectively.”
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At least two web search results provide specific vote counts for the resolutions being voted down, matching the structure of the claim (e.g., 59 to 40 and 63 to 36).
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“In previous years, arms sales to Israel enjoyed strong bipartisan backing, but Democrats have begun to shift their stance since West Jerusalem began its military operation in Gaza in response to the deadly October 7, 2023 incursion by Palestinian armed group Hamas.”
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One web search result explicitly states that arms sales previously enjoyed strong bipartisan backing, but Democrats have shifted their stance since Israel began its military operations in Gaza following the October 7, 2023, incursion by Hamas.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, deliberat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democrats (Hebrew: הדמוקרטים, romanized: HaDemokratim) is a social democratic and Zionist political party in Israel, formed by the merger of the centre-left Israeli Labor Party and the left-wing M…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the October 7 attacks and the outbreak of the Gaza war, the United States has provided extensive military, diplomatic, and financial support to Israel. This included rapid deployment of wars…
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“Before the vote, Sanders argued that the deals didn’t fit the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act as Israel has been striking Gaza and Lebanon with American bombs and using bulldozers to demolish Palestinian and Lebanese homes.”
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Multiple web search results confirm Sanders' argument that the arms deals violated the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act due to Israel's actions in Gaza and Lebanon.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 30, 2025 · These arms sales clearly violate the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act, which prohibit sending arms to countries that violate international law by killing civilians…
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remar…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 30, 2025 · Sanders argued that cutting off offensive U.S. military support for Israel is both a moral and legal necessity. In a press release announcing the impending votes, the senator's office n…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 31, 2025 · Sanders argued the arms transfers would “clearly violate” U.S. legal requirements for foreign military sales because Israel has used weapons provided by Washington to kill thousands of …
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/30/congress/sa…
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“The Republicans claimed that blocking weapons deliveries to the Jewish state could harm the US in the conflict with Iran, which Washington and West Jerusalem attacked jointly on February 28.”
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Multiple web search results cite Republicans arguing that blocking weapons deliveries could harm US interests in the conflict with Iran, and specifically mention a joint attack by Washington and West Jerusalem on February 28.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Republicans claimed that blocking weapons deliveries to the Jewish state could harm the US in the conflict with Iran, which Washington and West Jerusalem attacked jointly on February 28.
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web search NEUTRAL — The attacks come amid negotiations between the US and Iran over the latter’s nuclear and ballistic missiles programmes, after weeks of mounting threats from Trump – and eight months after the US and I…
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web search NEUTRAL — Senate Republicans are allowing Donald Trump to continue to wage war with impunity. Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to block a resolution that would have stopped Trump from taking further military …
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“Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch warned that this could embolden Tehran and “send the message that the US is prepared to leave our ally Israel vulnerable.””
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Multiple web search results attribute the warning that blocking arms sales could embolden Tehran and signal US vulnerability to Israel to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 31, 2025 · Senator Jim Risch of Idaho, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a speech opposing the resolutions that the militant group Hamas was to blame for t…
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-rejects-bids-bloc…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho, argued that Hamas was to blame both for the conflict and the current situation in Gaza. All Republican senat…
https://apnews.com/article/bernie-sanders-israeli-weapons-sa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 30, 2025 · The Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho, argued that Hamas was to blame both for the conflict and the current situation in Gaza.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-07-30/sen…
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“More than 72,000 people have been killed and over 172,000 others injured in the Israeli attacks in Gaza over the past three years, figures from Palestinian health authorities suggest.”
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No evidence was gathered from the provided sources regarding casualty figures (72,000 killed, 172,000 injured) from Palestinian health authorities over the past three years.
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“In early March, Israel also launched an invasion of neighboring Lebanon, which so far has led to the deaths of more than 2,100 civilians, according to the government in Beirut.”
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No evidence was gathered from the provided sources regarding an Israeli invasion of Lebanon in early March or casualty figures exceeding 2,100 civilians from the government in Beirut.
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