U.S. House Democrats offer resolution blocking weapon sales to Israel

(MENAFN - Jordan News Agency) Washington, May 20 (Petra) -- U.S. Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez, and other representatives on Wednesday evening introduced a resolution opposing the sale of weapons to the Israeli government."At a time when so many, including President Biden, support a ceasefire, we should not be sending ''direct attack'' weaponry to Prime Minister Netanyahu to prolong this violence," the resolution text said, according to the Washington Post.The newspaper also quoted U.S. representative Rashida Tlaib saying "the harsh truth is that these weapons are being sold by the United States to Israel with the clear understanding that the vast majority of them will be used to bomb Gaza."President Joe Biden's administration approved the potential sale of $735 million in weapons to Israel earlier this year, and sent it to Congress for formal review on May 5, giving lawmakers 15 days to object under laws governing foreign weapons sales.//Petra// WH20/05/2021 12:21:01MENAFN20052021000117011021ID1102103987