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Ali Harb

SHOCKING: Us senate votes down effort to withhold weapons to israel amid gaza war | Mind Blowing Facts

US senators hold a news conference in support of the resolution to halt the sale of some weapons to Israel, on November 19 [Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters]

Washington, DC – The United States Senate has rejected a bill that aimed to block a US weapons sale to Israel amid the country’s war on Gaza, an outcome that rights advocates say does not take away from a growing push to condition aid to Washington’s top ally.

A resolution to halt the sale of tank rounds failed to advance in a 79 to 18 vote on Wednesday, with prominent progressives and mainstream Democratic senators backing the effort.

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