AOC moves to block Biden's $735m arms sale to Israel

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is planning to introduce legislation that would block the Biden administration's recently announced $735m sale of precision-guided bombs to Israel.

Backed by Representatives Mark Pocan; Rashida Tlaib; Cori Bush; Betty McCollum; Ayanna Pressley; and Ilhan Omar and a handful of human rights groups, the bill comes amid increased criticism of Israel in Washington.

The United States should not be rubber-stamping weapons sales to the Israeli government as they deploy our resources to target international media outlets, schools, hospitals, humanitarian missions and civilian sites for bombing.

We have a responsibility to protect human rights. https://t.co/OctBNYFpwp
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 19, 2021

"The United States should not be rubber-stamping weapons sales to the Israeli government as they deploy our resources to target international media outlets, schools, hospitals, humanitarian missions and civilian sites for bombing," Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, said in a post to Twitter on Wednesday.

"We have a responsibility to protect human rights".