With the Gaza ceasefire teetering on the edge of collapse, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced new legislation aimed at halting the sale of bombs, missiles, and artillery shells to Israel.

Sanders’s move comes three months after he forced earlier votes that put senators on the record about arming Israel amid the assault on Gaza that left tens of thousands of civilians dead.

That effort fell far short and the latest resolutions have even less of a chance with Republican control of the Senate. Still, Sanders said he believed it was important to keep trying to block arms sales to Israel considering President Donald Trump’s remarks about “taking” Gaza for the U.S.

“With Trump and Netanyahu openly talking about forcibly displacing millions of Palestinians from Gaza — in other words, ethnic cleansing — it would be unconscionable to provide more of the bombs and weapons Israel has used to kill so many civilians and make life unlivable in Gaza,” he said in a release.

Sanders introduced four resolutions on February 20 identifying the weapon sales he wants to block.........

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