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A proposed arms embargo proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) against Israel failed in the Senate on Thursday, with just 15 votes — all from Democrats — in favor, down from 19 votes for a similar proposal in November.

Sanders has been one of the most vocal opponents of the Israeli government in Congress. Though he acknowledged the horror of the Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023, and said Israel should be able to defend itself, he has also pushed for an arms embargo that would prevent Israel from doing so.

In November, as Breitbart News reported, the Senate voted down three proposals by Sanders to block arms sales to Israel, with as many as 19 anti-Israel votes.

On Thursday, the Senate — now controlled by Republicans — defeated Sanders’s proposals even more soundly.