Biden Hold on Bomb Delivery ‘Must Be a First Step’ to Ending US Complicity, Says Sanders – By Jake Johnson (Common Dreams) / May 8, 2024
“The U.S. must now use ALL its leverage to demand an immediate cease-fire, the end of the attacks on Rafah, and the immediate delivery of massive amounts of humanitarian aid to people living in desperation.”
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that the Biden administration must go much further than merely delaying shipments of two types of Boeing-made bombs to Israel, whose long-feared ground assault on the overcrowded Gaza city of Rafah is currently underway.
Sanders (I-Vt.) said U.S. President Joe Biden was “absolutely right” to halt the delivery of thousands of bombs to “this extreme, right-wing Israeli government” as it inflicts an “unprecedented humanitarian disaster” on Gaza’s population.
“But this must be a first step,” said the Vermont senator. “The U.S. must now use ALL its leverage to demand an immediate cease-fire, the end of the attacks on Rafah, and the immediate delivery of massive amounts of humanitarian aid to people living in desperation. Our leverage is clear.”
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