Senators Flee Questions on Gaza Genocide Funding, Tom Cotton Accuses Activists of CCP Ties

Gaza Conflict and US Senate Vote

• 🇵🇸 Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 100 Palestinians, including civilians sheltering at a school and aid workers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestine Civil Defense, and the UN.
• 💔 The city of Rafa has been described as pulverized and flattened, despite President Biden's previous statements calling an Israeli invasion of Rafa a "red line."

Senate Vote on Weapons Shipments

• 🗳️ The US Senate voted to kill a measure proposed by Bernie Sanders that would have paused certain bomb shipments to Israel.
• ❌ Only 15 senators, all Democrats, voted in favor of Sanders' measure to pause massive bomb shipments.
• 💡 Senators who voted against the measure, like Adam Schiff, argued that pausing weapons would send the wrong message and complicate negotiations, despite Israel's refusal to implement ceasefire agreements.

Confrontations with Activists

• 🗣️ Activists from Code Pink, including Medea Benjamin, confronted senators in the halls, demanding answers about their votes to continue funding weapons to Israel.
• 🏃 Many senators, including Raphael Warnock and Jim Risch, fled from questions and avoided engagement with the activists.
• 🇨🇳 Senator Tom Cotton accused Medea Benjamin of being funded by the Chinese Communist Party, a claim described as a smear tactic used to defend support for weapons shipments.

Key Senators and Their Votes

• 🇺🇸 Senators like Ran Paul, Bernie Sanders, Dick Durbin, Elizabeth Warren, and others were among the 15 who voted to pause weapons shipments.
• 💸 Senators such as Jackie Rosen, who received significant funding from the Israel lobby, and Josh Hawley voted against the measure to block weapons.
• 💔 Tammy Duckworth, despite her own experience with war, voted to continue sending weapons to Gaza.

Hamas Offers and Senate Inaction

• 🤝 Hamas has reportedly offered to free all hostages at once in exchange for an end to the war, an offer that has been ignored by Israel.
• 📉 The majority of the Senate, with the exception of 15 Democrats, voted to continue sending weapons to Israel, enabling ongoing actions in Gaza.