by Meir Dolev in the World Israel News
The US Senate on Tuesday voted down a resolution proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders that sought a rapid evaluation by the State Department of Israel’s adherence to human rights in its military campaign against Hamas in Gaza.
The resolution aimed to halt US military aid to Israel unless this assessment was provided within 30 days, invoking for the first time a law requiring that all military assistance comply with international human rights agreements.
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The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 2,500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy, harshly condemned Sanders’ resolution.
The resolution’s “introduction grants credence to the notion that Israel, a Democratic ally whose military comprises both Jewish and Arab soldiers, and which makes unparalleled efforts to avoid civilian casualties, might be committing war crimes or be unworthy of aid as it acts to eradicate a genocidal threat to its citizens,” CJV Vice President Rabbi Dov Fischer said in a statement.
“The United States could as soon investigate its own efforts to eliminate ISIS or the current Houthi threat to Red Sea shipping, as to use this pretense to target Israel. Sadly, Sen. Sanders distinguishes himself today as an outcast from the Jewish community, one who shamelessly exploits his Jewish identity in order to promote antisemitic attitudes and behaviors,” Fischer went on.
Originally published in the World Israel News
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