Senate to vote on Sanders’ measure requiring human rights scrutiny over Israel aid

Senator forces long-shot test vote on making US military aid conditional to whether Israeli government violates human rights

Bernie Sanders was set on Tuesday evening to force the US Senate into a long-shot test vote on requiring further US military aid to Israel to be conditioned on whether the Israeli government is violating human rights and international accords in its devastating war in Gaza.

A measure he has introduced, to be debated and voted on by senators, is one of several that progressives have proposed to raise concerns over Israel’s attacks on Gaza, where the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 24,000 and Israel’s bombardment since Hamas launched attacks on it on 7 October has displaced most of Gaza’s 2.4 million residents.