Once again Sanders lone congressional voice against US enabled genocide in Gaza

One might surmise that out of 535 congresspersons, more than one would call for ending America’s grotesque enabling of Israeli genocide in Gaza.

But, no, that critical element of decent, moral governance falls solely on the shoulders of Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders.

For the second time since his overwhelmingly ignored resolutions last November to end the flow of US weapons to Israel that have pulverized Gaza’s 139 square miles into rubble, Sanders stepped up to the plate for a second swing at ending it.

He’s introduced 4 Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) that would block the next tranche of $8.6 billion in weapons to further ethnically cleanse Gaza of those pesky Palestinians blocking Israel from developing Gaza’s valuable oceanfront property. If passed they would block 2,166 Small Diameter Bombs, 2,800 500-pound bombs, tens of thousands of fuzzes, thousands of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kits for use on bombs, 3,000 Hellfire Missiles, and 10,000 155mm High Explosive artillery shells.

Whew.

Israel can sure eliminate more thousands of innocent Palestinian moms and kiddies with Uncle Sam’s finest genocide weapons. Bernie didn’t pull his punches: “Netanyahu’s extremist government has instead waged an all-out war against the entire Palestinian people, killing more than 48,000 and injuring more than 111,000 – the vast majority of whom are women and children. Tragically, much of this carnage has been carried out with American bombs and weapons. Netanyahu has used our bombs to damage or destroy almost 70 percent of the structures in Gaza, including hundreds of schools. All of this has been done in clear violation of U.S. and international law. 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.”

Sanders noted the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) require such sales to be consistent with internationally-recognized human rights. Sending weapons to complete the genocidal ethnic cleansing of Gaza sure seems to be a tad inconsistent with ‘internationally recognized human rights.’

Why are Bernie’s 534 other colleagues ignoring him like the plague on the most important moral issue of their lifetime? Inquiring opponents of US enabled genocide in Gaza would like to know.