Congress: 119 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Palestine
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Sponsor: Sanders, Bernard (I-Vermont)
This resolution blocks a proposed $1 million arms sale to Israel of 5,200 fully automatic rifles (DDM4 and MK18 models) intended for the Israel National Police. Under U.S. law, Congress can disapprove foreign military sales within a set timeframe; this resolution uses that mechanism to prevent this particular shipment.
This is the first congressional attempt to block an Israeli arms sale since 2021. If passed, it would set a procedural precedent for conditioning military support and signal legislative willingness to scrutinize police/security force equipment sales to Israel—a category often exempt from broader aid debates.