Senator Bernie Sanders will introduce a bill to halt arms sales to Israel.

US Senator Bernie Sanders announced that he will introduce a bill to the Senate next week to stop arms sales to Israel, in order to prevent the $20 billion arms sale recently approved by the US to Israel.

US independent senator Sanders took a new step towards stopping arms sales to Israel by making a written statement.

In his statement sent to the members of the Senate, Sanders stated that he will introduce a bill in this regard next week and emphasized that this is the only way to stop arms sales to Israel.

Sanders pointed out that American-made weapons were heavily used in the attacks by Israel that caused the death of more than 41,000 people in Gaza, and reminded that the US recently approved a $20 billion arms sale to Israel.

Sanders used the expression "The US cannot be an accomplice to this humanitarian disaster in Gaza."

Sanders stated that the use of US weapons in the killing of innocent civilians is contrary to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act, and evaluated that "It is sad to see that the military equipment provided by the US illegally is used in most of the massacres in Gaza. Sending more attack weapons to this disaster is against US law and international law."

Sanders noted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rewarded with these weapons.

Since the majority in Congress is in favor of Israel regarding military aid or military sales to Israel, it is stated that the likelihood of the acceptance of the bill to be introduced by Sanders is low, but it is a concrete and important step towards stopping the sending of weapons to Israel.

$20 billion arms sale to Israel

The US administration, criticized for unconditionally supporting Israel, announced in mid-August that it approved a total of $20 billion worth of arms sales to this country in 5 separate packages.

A total of 50 F-15IA and 25 F-15I fighter jets, along with their related ammunition, with a total value of $18.9 billion, constituted the largest share in the entire sale.

In addition, 30 medium-range air-to-air missile systems (AMRAAM) and more than 32,000 tank shells and other related equipment were included in other packages, and in addition to these, the sale of more than 50,000 artillery shells and related equipment was also approved as a separate package.

The package, with a total sales value of $20.3 billion, was approved at a time when the ceasefire process in Gaza was uncertain and tension was rising in the region.