During a speech to Congress in November, left-wing elected official Bernie Sanders pleaded for an end to these arms sales.
“The United States is complicit in all of these atrocities. We are financing these atrocities and this complicity must end.”
President-elect Donald Trump has promised unwavering support for Israel, and unlike all recent presidents, he has never committed to an independent, sovereign Palestinian state.
But the Republican also expressed his desire to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Despite intense diplomatic efforts carried out under the aegis of Qatar, Egypt and the United States, no truce has been concluded since that of a week at the end of November 2023.
The war in Gaza was triggered by an unprecedented Hamas attack in Israel on October 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of 1,208 people, the majority civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures and including hostages who died or were killed in captivity in Gaza.
At least 45,717 people, mainly civilians, have been killed in the Israeli military campaign of reprisals in Gaza, according to the latest report on Saturday from the Hamas Ministry of Health.
