The DNC resolutions committee rejected a proposal urging a military and arms embargo on Israel while approving a counter-resolution from DNC chair Ken Martin. Allison Minnerly introduced the embargo measure calling for a ceasefire and a weapons embargo to align with Democratic voters who support an embargo. Ken Martin’s counter-resolution reiterated calls for a two-state solution, a ceasefire, and the unconditional release of Israeli captives and passed unanimously. An amendment from Stephanie Beal to limit an embargo to offensive weaponry and call for hostage returns also failed. The vote occurred days after a famine was declared in Gaza.
There were two measures before the panel on Gaza on Tuesday morning: One, introduced by Florida DNC member Allison Minnerly, urges the party's members to back a ceasefire and a military and arms embargo on Israel. Another resolution, introduced as a counter-measure by DNC chair Ken Martin, largely reiterates the party's existing platform, calling for a two-state solution, ceasefire, and unconditional release of all Israeli captives.
Martin's resolution passed unanimously through the committee. But the arms embargo resolution failed, with only a handful of "yes" votes and a chorus of "nays." An amendment to the latter measure, introduced by Stephanie Beal of Colorado, to add language calling for "the return of all hostages" in Gaza and to only call for an embargo on "offensive" weaponry, also failed to pass.
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