{"id":257816,"date":"2021-05-24T21:57:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T18:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ted-cruz-introducing-resolution-supporting-israeli-arms-sale\/"},"modified":"2021-05-24T21:57:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T18:57:29","slug":"ted-cruz-introducing-resolution-supporting-israeli-arms-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ted-cruz-introducing-resolution-supporting-israeli-arms-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ted Cruz introducing resolution supporting Israeli arms sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sen. Ted Cruz will introduce a resolution this week supporting the US sale of $735 million in weapons to Israel, amid Democratic efforts to block the transaction.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext week I\u2019m introducing a resolution to app<\/a>rove the arm sales, and I\u2019m going to fight for a vote,\u201d Cruz (R-Texas) told Fox News in an interview<\/a> Saturday. \u201cThere are a lot of Democrats in the Senate who want to play footsie, want to say, \u2018Well, now, I don\u2019t agree with that anti-Semitic language from the Squad.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, let\u2019s vote,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n

The Texas senator went on to argue that bringing his resolution to a vote would reveal if Democratic lawmakers would stand firm in support of Israel or break hard left.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s decide if you\u2019re willing to send weapons to support Israel, or if you\u2019re going to sashay up to the anti-Israel left, then you need to own it and I hope we\u2019re gonna have a vote next week and decide which side of the line everyone stands on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Ted Cruz argued that bringing his resolution to a vote would reveal if Democrats would stand firm in support of Israel.<\/figcaption>
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Cruz\u2019s resolution will be a direct response to efforts by progressives \u2014 led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in the House and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Senate \u2014 to stop the sale.<\/p>\n

Sanders\u2019 resolution was unveiled Thursday, one day after a group of House Democrats led by AOC introduced a similar measure.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a moment when US-made bombs are devastating Gaza, and killing women and children, we cannot simply let another huge arms sale go through without even a Congressional debate,\u201d Sanders, the Senate Budget Committee chairman, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have introduced their own resolutions against the sale of US arms to Israel.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cI believe that the United States must help lead the way to a peaceful and prosperous future for both Israelis and Palestinians. We need to take a hard look at whether the sale of these weapons is actually helping do that, or whether it is simply fueling conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congress was notified on May 5 that the Biden administration had approved the arms sale and that lawmakers would be given a deadline of May 20 to file a resolution objecting.<\/p>\n

Sanders just met the deadline with his Thursday filing.<\/p>\n

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A cease-fire was brokered just before the weekend, halting the worst clash between Israel and the Palestinians since 2014.<\/figcaption>
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In addition to AOC, Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) joined in introducing the resolution in the House on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when so many, including\u00a0President Biden, support a ceasefire, we should not be sending \u2018direct attack\u2019 weaponry to Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu to prolong this violence,\u201d the New York Democrat said in a statement announcing the resolution.<\/p>\n

Israel came under attack by a barrage of rockets launched by Hamas from the Gaza Strip<\/a> over the last two weeks, sending residents fleeing for shelter as air raid sirens blared across Israel\u2019s cities.<\/p>\n

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Palestinians sit atop the rubble of their destroyed homes.<\/figcaption>
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Hamas claimed the attacks came in response to a clash between Israeli police and Palestinian worshipers at the Al-Aqsa mosque at the close of Ramadan.<\/p>\n

Hamas, an Islamic fundamentalist offshoot of Egypt\u2019s Muslim Brotherhood, took Gaza in the 2007 Palestinian civil war against the less-radical leadership of the Palestinian Authority.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s Iron Dome defense system intercepted many of the rockets, with the streaks of interceptor missiles lighting up the sky.<\/p>\n

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The Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system (left) in action.<\/figcaption>
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The spasm of violence has produced some of the worst fighting between Israel and the terror group since their 2014 war.<\/p>\n

A cease-fire was brokered just before the weekend, and was holding as of Monday morning.\n <\/p><\/div>\n