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Bernie Sanders: “SJ Res. 26 would block almost 7 billion for 2,800 500 pound…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Senate Speech on U.S. Complicity in Gaza Conflict and Arms Sales to Israel

Published | Video Starts at 20:52

The first resolution, SJ Res. 33, would block a sale of over $2 billion for 35,000 MK84 2000 bombs and 4,000 I2000 penetrator warheads. Second resolution, SJ Res. 26 would block almost 7 billion for 2,800 500 pound bombs, 2,100 small diameter bombs, and tens of thousands of JDAM guidance kits. All of these systems have been linked to dozens of illegal airstrikes, including on designated humanitarian sites, resulting in thousands of civilian casualties. These strikes have been painstakingly documented by human rights monitors. (20:52–21:22)

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Asserts that SJ Res. 26 would block nearly $7 billion for specific military equipment.

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