Bernie Sanders to force Senate vote on blocking arms sales to Israel

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., plans to force a vote on banning arms sales to Israel, a move that will prove to be a test for Senate Democrats whose position on the Jewish state has shifted in recent weeks.

Sanders, an independent who routinely caucuses with Senate Democrats, announced he would force a vote on a pair of resolutions to block the $675 million sale of thousands of bombs and guidance kits for the bombs and to halt the sale of "tens of thousands" of automatic rifles to Israel.

"U.S. taxpayers have spent tens of billions of dollars in support of the racist, extremist Netanyahu government," Sanders said in a statement. "Enough is enough."

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