Democratic National Committee members rejected a resolution calling for an arms embargo on Israel, but pressure continues to mount on party leaders to adopt a stronger stance against the Gaza genocide.
On Tuesday, Democratic National Committee (DNC) members at the party’s summer meetings rejected Resolution 18, which called for the recognition of a Palestinian state, a ceasefire in Gaza, an arms embargo, and a suspension of military aid to Israel.
Instead, members backed a status quo resolution introduced by DNC Chair Ken Martin, which simply called for more aid to be allowed into Gaza and a two-state solution. Despite the support, Martin went on to withdraw the resolution.
Lmao didn’t even want to commit to having more aid allowed in which is like absolute minimum you could ask for.
“I know that there are some who are interested in making changes today, but as we’ve seen, there’s divide in our party on this issue,” said Martin. “This is a moment that calls for shared dialog. It calls for shared advocacy, and that’s why I’ve decided today, at this moment, listening to the testimony and listening to people in our party, to withdraw my amendment and resolution.”
Martin says he will establish a task force “comprised of stakeholders on all sides of this” so that they can “bring solutions back to our party.”
“Starting a dialog” “establishing a task force” , might as well just say all that can be asked of you is writing a strongly (but not too strong) worded letter.
Lmao didn’t even want to commit to having more aid allowed in which is like absolute minimum you could ask for.
“Starting a dialog” “establishing a task force” , might as well just say all that can be asked of you is writing a strongly (but not too strong) worded letter.
as an adversary of “israel”, why should i not be emboldened?