{"id":42541,"date":"2026-02-13T23:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=42541"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:25:22","slug":"senate-blocks-sanders-attempt-to-halt-arms-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=42541","title":{"rendered":"Senate Blocks Sanders\u2019 Attempt to Halt Arms Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly blocked Senator Bernie Sanders\u2019 attempt to halt a $20 billion arms sale to Israel, despite growing concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Sanders argued that continued arms transfers \u2014 including bombs and tank rounds \u2014 could violate U.S. laws amid rising civilian casualties, now over 43,000 according to Gaza officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"ternalnews.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23201474937\/ternalnews.com\/ternalnews.com_responsive_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>His resolutions, backed by a few progressive senators, were defeated by wide margins, reflecting strong bipartisan support for Israel. 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Sanders argued that continued arms transfers \u2014 including bombs and tank rounds \u2014 could violate U.S. laws amid rising civilian casualties, now over 43,000 according to Gaza officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly blocked Senator Bernie Sanders\u2019 attempt to halt a $20 billion arms sale to Israel, despite growing concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senate Blocks Sanders\u2019 Attempt to Halt Arms Deal - TernaNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=42541\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate Blocks Sanders\u2019 Attempt to Halt Arms Deal - 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