A growing number of US Democrats are urging for humanitarian aid to reach Gaza while criticizing the Israeli blockade policies. Some lawmakers condemned Israel for the humanitarian crisis resulting from its actions, with notable accusations of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. The Israeli government's current approach has caused significant casualties among Palestinians, leading to bipartisan unease regarding ongoing military aid to Israel. Despite rising discontent, there has been little push for significant consequences against Israel, as Congress recently approved additional military support.
Having already killed or wounded 200,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, the extremist Israeli government is using mass starvation to engineer the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, progressive Senator Bernie Sanders said in a statement late on Friday.
The anger threatens to shake the strong bipartisan support that Israel has enjoyed for decades in Congress, which authorises the billions in military aid that the staunch US ally receives from Washington annually.
Every day, the horrors in Gaza reach new, unimaginable depths, Van Hollen wrote in a social media post.
Just last week, the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve $500m in missile defence support to Israel.
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