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EXPLAINED: Advocates hail historic progress after us senate vote on arms to israel - The Real Truth

US Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, says the vote shows that the 'tide is turning' [File: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters]

Washington, DC – Palestinian rights advocates are hailing the growing number of lawmakers in the United States showing willingness to restrict weapons to Israel over the atrocities in Gaza after a Senate vote on the issue.

The majority of Democrats in the Senate voted late on Wednesday in favour of a resolution to block a weapons sale to Israel in what rights advocates have hailed as a major blow to the bipartisan support that Israel has traditionally enjoyed in Congress.

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