BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch are calling on the Biden administration to pressure Israel to allow relief supplies into Gaza. It’s the latest effort by the senators to take aim against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to dealing with Hamas and the resulting deaths of upwards of 30,000 Palestinians.
Welch and Sanders joined other lawmakers this week in sending the president a letter arguing that the administration has violated a U.S. Aid law that bars military aid from going to any country that blocks humanitarian aid.
Darren Perron spoke with Peter Henne, a professor of political science and Middle Eastern policy expert at the University of Vermont, for an update on the ongoing war and unfolding humanitarian crisis.