Pelosi calls on Biden to stop transferring weapons to Israel
Representative Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, signed a letter on Friday from dozens of Democrats in Congress to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, demanding that arms transfers to Israel be halted.
The Israeli aggression against Gaza sparked increasing international criticism, as the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that more than 33,000 people had died in the war and that the narrow coastal strip was suffering from widespread famine.
Pelosi’s support for halting arms transfers to Israel showed that this is the widely prevailing position within the party.
Nancy Pelosi is a key ally of Biden and a veteran member of the party. The Democratic Party to which the US President belongs.
In their letter, the representatives called on the Biden administration to conduct its own investigation into an Israeli air strike that killed seven employees of the World Central Kitchen charitable foundation. On Monday.
The letter signed by Pelosi and 36 Democrats said: “Given the recent strike on aid workers and the worsening humanitarian crisis, we believe it is unjustified Approval for these arms transfers.
For its part, the Israeli army said on Friday that it had dismissed two officers and issued an official reprimand to senior commanders after an investigation into the killing of aid workers concluded that there were serious errors. And violations of procedures.
Biden made a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, in which he said that Israel must do more to protect civilians, otherwise the United States will change its policy.
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