Sen. Chris Van Hollen said aid should not be sent to Israel unless US conditions are met.
they would condition U.S. military aid to Israel with human rights, a move to hopefully boost support from center-left Senate Democrats. Still, in the wake of the attack on aid workers, Van Hollen said he “is not clear” on how the conditions are being enforced., when asked if he understood the Biden administration’s policy on the issue, Van Hollen said, “I am not clear.”
“I was glad to see the president, at least as reported out, finally say to President Netanyahu that ‘if you don’t follow these, you know my requests, there will be consequences,’” Van Hollen said. senators against the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. The consequences Biden warned Netanyahu about have yet to be detailed. have yet to lay out what consequences they want to impose,” Van Hollen said.
He said those benchmarks can be measured by “people not starving to death” and “people being able to get medical equipment.” Van Hollen still said “means to enforce” conditions must exist in order for the conditions of the aid to be successful. “We have to make sure that when the president requests something that we have a means to enforce it,” Van Hollen said.“Until those conditions are met, then no, we should not be sending more offensive
to Israel,” Van Hollen said. “Not to stop them permanently, but to effectively use our leverage, that’s what we’re asking the president of the United States to do.”
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