Senate rejects Bernie Sanders' effort to block weapons sales to Israel
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An effort by Sen. Bernie Sanders to block the sale of certain weapons to Israel failed Wednesday evening, with numerous Democrats joining Republicans in opposition.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Sanders claimed the Israeli government is controlled "not only by right-wing extremists, but by religious zealots." Andrea Margolis is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.
"It is time to tell the Netanyahu government that they cannot use U.S. taxpayer dollars and American weapons in violation of U.S. and international law and our moral values despite receiving $18 billion from U.S. taxpayers in the last year," Sanders said.
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