US Should Consider Attaching Strings to Israel Aid, Democrat Senator Says
- Democrats worried that Gaza death toll threatens Israeli goals
- National security adviser says Biden isn’t proposing a linkage
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US lawmakers should consider conditioning future aid to Israel on its compliance with international humanitarian law, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said on Sunday, calling the civilian death toll in Gaza “unacceptable” and “unsustainable.”
“We regularly condition our aid to allies based upon compliance with U.S. law and international law,” he said on CNN’s State of the Union. “And that will be a conversation we will all be engaged in when we get back to Washington on Monday.”