Bernie Sanders: No more arms for Israel

It's time for the U.S. to stop funding Israel's war in Gaza and the West Bank.

Harris, Donald Trump just posted a horrific AI-generated video envisioning Gaza as an ethnically cleansed Trump-owned resort.1 It's appalling, but not a surprise. For weeks, Trump has been calling for the ethnic cleansing of 2 million Palestinians from Gaza, which has been absolutely devastated by Israel's brutal 16-month bombardment.2 Now Trump announced yet another $8.5 billion weapons sale to Israel, including thousands of small-diameter and 500-pound bombs, and 3,000 Hellfire missiles.3 The good news is that Congress has the power to stop this massive new arms sale, and Bernie Sanders has filed a series of resolutions of disapproval to do just that.4 So we're working to flood Capitol Hill with phone calls supporting Bernie's effort to block this deal — but we need your help. Will you make a donation to support our work, including pushing to stop Trump's $8.5 billion arms sale to Israel? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Donate $20 Donate $40 Donate $75 Or, donate another amount Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israel has killed at least 62,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.5 But independent researchers say that's almost surely a dramatic undercount of the full death toll. Over 10,000 are still missing and likely buried under rubble, and studies put the total dead from all causes related to the war — including starvation, exposure, and lack of access to clean water and basic health care — closer to 200,000.6 Thankfully, the United Nations has reported some improvement in the humanitarian situation since the start of the January 19 ceasefire.7 But Trump's genocidal fantasies about depopulating Gaza and taking ownership for the United States, along with massive new arms sales to Israel, are putting the fragile ceasefire in serious peril. We've mobilized over 100,000 people to urge Congress to stop sending weapons to Israel. Now, with Bernie Sanders taking the lead by formally moving to block Trump's new $8.5 billion arms shipment, we need to ramp up the pressure and make our voices heard. So we're asking you today: Will you donate $20 to help support our work, including stopping Trump's $8.5 billion arms sale to Israel? With gratitude, The team at Demand Progress Action DONATE Sources: 1. NPR, "Trump's social media video garners pushback from Arabs and Muslims in U.S. and Gaza,'" February 26, 2025. 2. Democracy Now!, "Trump Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Entire Gaza Strip and for U.S. to 'Take Over,'" February 5, 2025. 3. Common Dreams, "As With Biden, Sanders Aims to Torpedo Trump's Weapons Sales to Israel," February 24, 2025. 4. Truthout, "Sanders Moves to Block Trump's $8.5B Transfer of Weapons to Israel," February 25, 2025. 5. Al Jazeera, "Deaths from Israel's attacks on Gaza close to 62,000 as missing added," February 3, 2025. 6. Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs, "The Human Toll: Indirect Deaths from War in Gaza and the West Bank, October 7, 2023 Forward," October 7, 2024. 7. United Nations, "Gaza: Despite challenges, UNRWA says 'unparalleled progress' made during ceasefire," February 27, 2025. Contributions to ActBlue Civics and Demand Progress Action are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Join our online community on Instagram or Twitter. Receiving too many emails from Demand Progress? You can opt to pause emails from Demand Progress for a month. And of course you can unsubscribe from this list at any time.