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Biden can't write blank check for Israel to kill in Gaza: Sen. Warren

Friday, 05 January 2024 4:54 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 05 January 2024 7:07 PM ]

People mourn over the shrouded bodies of children killed during Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on January 5, 2024.(Photo by AFP)

The US Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren says Washington needs to stop "writing a blank check" for Israel since the regime continues to demonstrate “an appalling disregard for Palestinian lives," in the Gaza Strip.

Warren denounced on Thursday the administration of the Democrat president Joe Biden for unconditionally providing military aid to Israel, whose military forces have killed more than 22,600 people -- 70 percent of whom are children and women -- since Oct. 7.

“When it comes to military aid to Israel, the US cannot write a blank check for a right-wing government that's demonstrated an appalling disregard for Palestinian lives," wrote the senator.

“The US should use all the tools at its disposal to condition aid & move the parties toward a lasting peace."

Warren became one of the highest-profile Democrats to demand no further aid to the regime after Senator Bernie Sanders said the US needs to stop being complicit in war crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza.

In a statement on Tuesday, Sanders said Israel's response to Operation Al-Aqsa Storm — carried out by Hamas resistance movement on October 7 — has been "grossly disproportionate, immoral, and in violation of international law.”

He noted that Biden’s administration "must no longer be complicit in destroying the lives of innocent men, women, and children in Gaza."

US pledges more military support for Israel

The Israeli killing machine has continued its assault on the besieged Gaza Strip, with the regime forces boasting about how they have struck 300 targets in 24 hours, which included a series of hospitals and homes.

The senator urged Congress on Tuesday to reject the $10 billion in unconditional military aid being considered for the regime to continue its "brutal war" against the Palestinian people.

"Let me be clear: NO MORE US funding for (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s illegal, immoral, brutal and grossly disproportionate war against the Palestinian people.”

Sanders said that Americans must understand that Israel’s war against the Palestinian people has been significantly waged with US bombs, artillery shells and other forms of weaponry. "And the results have been catastrophic."

Despite being under growing pressure both domestically and abroad over his administration’s “unshakable” support for his ally, Netanyahu, President Biden has made it clear that he has no plans to place conditions on military support for Tel Aviv. Since the onset of the genocidal war on Gaza, his administration has supplied Israel with more than 10,000 tons of military equipment.

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