PNN – American Senator Bernie Sanders supported Biden’s decision to suspend arms shipments to Israel and called for more measures to put pressure on the Israeli regime to stop attacks on Palestinians.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from “Al Jazeera English”, Sanders said in a message: The suspension of arms shipments should be the first step. America must now use all its leverage to call for an immediate ceasefire, an end to the attacks on Rafah, and the immediate delivery of massive amounts of humanitarian aid to people living in despair.
He continued: Our leverage is clear. Over the years, the US has provided tens of billions of dollars in military aid to Israel. We can no longer participate in Netanyahu’s terrible war against the Palestinian people.
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Democratic Senator: There should be a focus on sending humanitarian aid to Gaza
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin added on Wednesday local time in the Senate of this country that the shipment of weapons to Israel was stopped due to the Rafah operation and we have not made a final decision about the fate of this shipment.
The head of the Pentagon continued: America has clearly said that Israel should consider civilians to carry out a military operation. The US does not want to see a major military operation in this city and the focus is on protecting civilians.
He claimed: Our current goal in the Middle East is to protect our civilians and soldiers and release the hostages. We are still against a major military operation in Rafah.
Earlier, in an interview with “CNN”, he accused the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Sanders has repeatedly criticized Netanyahu for the ongoing war in Gaza and opposed more American financial aid to Israel. He also once again demanded to stop American financial support to the Zionist regime.