Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has pledged that he will do everything in his power to block an $8 billion sale of weapons to Israel announced by the Biden administration last week, as Israeli forces are entering the 16th month of their genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

On Friday, the Biden administration notified Congress of the weapons package, which reportedly contains thousands of weapons, including 500-pound bombs, air-to-air missiles, Hellfire missiles and 155 mm artillery shells, and more.

The proposal of the sale will be one of the last actions taken by President Joe Biden in office, with less than three weeks until Donald Trump’s inauguration. The announcement comes at a time when there is a growing consensus among human rights groups that Israel is, indeed, committing genocide in Gaza and that those fueling it are complicit in these crimes.

Sanders condemned the proposed sale in a........

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