Bernie Sanders appeals to the White House, "No more money to Netanyahu's war machine"
Sen. Bernie Sanders called on the White House to stop providing unconditional military support to Israel, labeling the conflict in Gaza as an "unprecedented crisis," said Sunday during an interview on CBS’ "Face the Nation."
9:27 AM EDT, March 11, 2024
Sanders: We cannot participate in the slaughter of children
"The United States of America cannot be complicit in this mass slaughter of children. The administration can’t beg Netanyahu. You got to tell him If you want any money, you have to change your policy. Allow the trucks to come in to feed the children", argued Sanders.
"It’s not just that 30,000 people (data according to Gaza's Health Ministry), two-thirds of them are women and children, have already been killed. We are looking at the possibility of hundreds of thousands of children starving to death," Sanders said.
Sanders also referred to the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
"Right now, you have a right-wing extremist government under Netanyahu. There are plans to provide him with another $10 billion in unfettered military aid. What you can say to Netanyahu: Stop the slaughter, allow the massive amounts of humanitarian aid that we need to come in to feed the children. Please, please, please. Oh, but by the way, if you don't do it, here's another $10 billion to continue the war. Now we have written a letter to the president, it turns out that Israel is in violation of the law, stopping US humanitarian aid is in violation of the law. That should be clear: no more money to Netanyahu's war machine to kill Palestinian children", pointed out the Senator.
The senator also referred to a Foreign Assistance Act that says the U.S. cannot send foreign aid to any country that blocks humanitarian aid.
"It turns out that Israel is in violation of the law. Stopping American humanitarian aid is in violation of the law. That should be clear. No more money to Netanyahu’s war machine to kill Palestinian children", pointed out Sanders.
Biden or Trump?
Sanders has also supported Joe Biden in the next presidential election.
"The contrast that I think President Biden made very clear in his State of the Union Address. The contrast between Biden and Trump is day and night. The election of Trump would be a disaster for this country and, in my view, the world", said Sanders.
