美国参议院周三否决了多项阻止向以色列出售武器的提案，但此次投票暴露了民主党内部在美国对以军事援助问题上史无前例的分歧。创纪录的40名民主党参议员支持停止向以色列出售装甲推土机，36名参议员支持停止运送重型炸弹。
涉及的交易价值4.468亿美元，包括价值2.95亿美元的D9推土机和12000枚价值1.518亿美元的重型炸弹（单枚重450公斤）。佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯主导了此次阻断军售的努力。最终，针对推土机的提案以59比40被击败，针对炸弹的提案以63比36被击败。
尽管如此，支持限制军售的民主党人数量在过去两年中翻了一番。去年夏天仅有23人支持，而2024年初仅有19人。目前，参议院民主党核心小组中约四分之三的人支持限制对以军售。这种日益增长的反对情绪源于对当前政策以及加沙、黎巴嫩和伊朗战争的不满。提案支持者认为，这些武器旨在支持针对伊朗的行动，并指责特朗普政府在未经国会批准的情况下，与内塔尼亚胡协调发起了这场战争。特朗普政府通过宣布紧急状态绕过国会，以加速将炸弹移交给以色列。
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected proposals to block arms sales to Israel, but the vote exposed an unprecedented divide within the Democratic Party over American military aid to the Jewish state. A record 40 Democratic senators supported halting the sale of armored bulldozers to Israel, while 36 backed stopping shipments of heavy bombs.The deals in question are valued at $446.8 million and include the sale of D9 bulldozers worth $295 million and 12,000 heavy bombs, each weighing 450 kilograms, worth $151.8 million.3 View gallery D9 bulldozer operates in Gaza (Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Jewish Democrat, led the effort to block the arms sales. His proposals were defeated 59-40 on the bulldozers and 63-36 on the bombs. However, the number of Democrats supporting the measures has doubled compared to Sanders’ previous attempts over the past two years.In a similar vote last summer, only 23 Democrats supported the move, and in 2024 the proposals received backing from as few as 19 senators. Today, roughly three-quarters of the Democratic caucus in the Senate supports restricting arms sales to Israel.The growing Democratic support for canceling the deals stems from dissatisfaction within the party with the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, as well as the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. Supporters of the measures argued that the Senate should halt the transfer of new weapons to Israel, claiming they are intended to support the war against Tehran. They further argued that President Donald Trump launched that war in coordination with Netanyahu without congressional approval, a move they say most Americans oppose. The Trump administration declared a state of emergency to bypass Congress and expedite the transfer of the bombs to Israel.3 View gallery Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Jewish Democrat, led the effort to block the arms sales (Photo: Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images North America/ AFP)Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said ahead of the vote that “If we want to rein in a Trump administration that launched an illegal war against Iran, we should also rein in the Netanyahu administration that's doing exactly the same thing with American taxpayer dollars.”Several Democratic senators who had previously opposed limiting arms sales to Israel shifted their positions and voted in favor of the current measures. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said “reckless decisions” by Trump and Netanyahu led him to change his stance. “Under Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government, we’ve seen an expanded war in Lebanon that is putting innocent Lebanese civilians at risk, and ongoing violence against Palestinians and their homes being demolished in the West Bank,” Kelly said. “All of this has undermined the path forward for peace.”Republican senators voted as a bloc against holding the vote on the proposals. They were joined by several Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand,