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SvennoJ on 31 March 2025
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US legislators introduce bills to block sales of 900kg bombs to Israel

The bills introduced by Democratic Congresswomen Pramila Jayapal and Rashida Tlaib is the latest effort by members of the US Congress to restrict weapons sales to Israel.

If passed, Jayapal said the draft legislation would block the sales of bombs, munitions and other military equipment, including more than 35,000 of 2,000-pound (907kg) bombs, 5,000 of the 1,000 pound bombs, guidance kits for bombs and bulldozers,

“Continuing to provide the Israeli government with offensive weapons, even as they violate both international and US laws, is unacceptable and makes us complicit in this violence and destruction,” Jayapal said in a statement.

“We must return to a negotiated ceasefire that allows for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, the release of the remaining hostages, and lasting security in the region.”

The chances of this passing are zero.

Israeli police arrest 12 at antigovernment protest

The Times of Israel is reporting that Israeli police have clashed with protesters and detained 12 of them as thousands gathered in West Jerusalem calling for a return to the ceasefire deal.

They included the cousin of freed captive Arbel Yehoud.

Footage posted by the Kan broadcaster showed police pushing Israeli legislator Naama Lazmi and scuffling with protesters outside the parliament building.

In a post on X, Lazmi accused police of collaborating with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “coup government”.

“History will remember who stood up for the state, the democratic regime and its citizens and who served the people of disaster and destruction,” she wrote. “We will not give up and will only fight harder and more determined — until Israel wins. Hope will prevail.”

In addition to demonstrating outside the parliament building, the protesters also blocked the Begin highway, holding a banner which read, “What about the hostages?” The Times of Israel reported.