The vote forced senators to go on the record with where they stand on the Biden administration’s unconditional support for Israel.
Completely expected.
"If the Biden administration were in any way serious about wanting Israel to rein in its attacks on civilians and its starvation of northern Gaza, they would at the least welcome a strong vote from the Senate that they could point to in their negotiations with Israel as a sign that Israel has to change its modus operandi for the sake of the bilateral relationship,” Josh Paul, a former director for the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, which oversees US arms transfers, told Zeteo just ahead of Wednesday’s vote.
“The fact that, on the contrary, they are doing all they can to limit support for this vote clearly demonstrates that the Biden Administration does not only not want to use leverage, it does not even want leverage it could use,” he added
Senators who voted in favor of at least one of Wednesday’s resolutions:
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen. Jeff Merkley
Sen. Peter Welch
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Sen. Brian Schatz
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Sen. Tim Kaine
Sen. Ed Markey
Sen. Martin Heinrich
Sen. Tina Smith
Sen. Angus King
Sen. Jon Ossoff
Sen. Mazie Hirono
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Sen. Ben Ray Luján
Sen. Raphael Warnock
Sen. Chris Murphy
Sen. George Helmy
These senators deserve the recognition for standing up against genocide. Everyone else is complicit at best
YOU DON’T SAY
Getting the genocide caucus on the record was the point.
The list of who voted for the resolution is sadly short.
They know that AIPAC will buy primary opponents against them if they do, and that the Democratic Party only protects incumbents if they’re far enough to the right.
But I thought saying Israel controlled the US was an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
Just think. 2016-2020 could have been sanders election years.
Edit: Shut it. I was half asleep when I made that typo. I forgot 2020 existed. I’m sure all of would like to forget 2020.
At this point I’ll happily relive 2020 if we could reset 2024.
