(JNS) Eight Democrat senators called on the Biden administration to halt aid to Israel, claiming that the Jewish state deliberately prevents U.S. aid from reaching Gazans.
Led by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the Tuesday, March 12 letter cites U.S. President Joe Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’s press statements to argue that it violates U.S. law to provide aid to Israel.
The octet claimed that Israel’s actions violate the U.S. Humanitarian Aid Corridor Act, which states that no foreign assistance money shall be given to a country that directly or indirectly prohibits or restricts U.S. humanitarian assistance.
The letter comes as regular and supplemental spending packages with billions of dollars in aid for the Jewish state remain stalled in Congress, and one day after Biden proposed a fiscal year 2025 budget with $3.3 billion in aid for Israel.
