WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats are pleading with President Donald Trump’s administration to strengthen its role in addressing Suffering and hunger v In Gaza, more than 30 senators on Tuesday signed a letter urging the reopening of ceasefire talks and urged sharp criticism of the Israeli-sponsored American organisation created to distribute food aid.
A letter to the Secretary of State Marco Rubio Senator Steve Witkoff, the Republican president envoy, said Gaza Humanitarian Foundation“The number of civilian deaths has increased, which is unable to deal with the growing humanitarian crisis around the organization’s websites,” was created in February with support from the Trump administration.
It marked a largely unified plea from Senate Democrats who were locked out of Washington’s power last week to recalibrate its approach after the collapse of the ceasefire talks. Trump on Monday Expressed concern about the worsening humanitarian situation Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and broke People claim they are not hungry In the Gaza Strip. However, it is unclear how Trump will proceed.
Hawaii’s Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz said it was “too unreliable” to believe that Israeli forces cannot provide food aid or distribution, one of the most advanced in the world. Run cloud control.
“They chose to establish new ways to distribute food,” he said. “And it’s not working at all.”
The letter, obtained by the Associated Press, calls for a “massive expansion” of assistance to Gaza, led through organizations that have experienced work in the region. He also said that the efforts to make the ceasefire contract are “as critical and urgent as ever.”
The message is led by four Democrats Jewish members, Adam Schiffsen of California, Chuck Schumer of New York, and Jackie Rosen and Schatz of Nevada, calling for the return of around 50 hostages and 20 hostages believed to be still alive. October 7, 2023, Attack.
The letter’s signatures show the extent to which the Democrats achieved some unity The issue of foreign policy that has divided them deeply They The White House was held last year.. They called for Hamas to no longer be in control of Gaza, but to achieve the long-term goals of both Israel and the Palestinian state and to end the war against the permanent evacuation of the Palestinians.
Meanwhile, Republicans support Israel in their handling of the situation. Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican who is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said “he is happy with Trump to judge it, but Israelis need to take their hostages back.”
Still, the image of Gaza’s worsening hunger crisis seemed to reach Congressional Republicans.
Over the weekend, Georgia far-right MP Marjorie Taylor Greene has been calling for an end to foreign aid on a daily basis, and on social media, “What’s happening to the innocent people and children in Gaza is scary.”
For Schatz, it was a sign that many Americans care about suffering in other parts of the world.
“They see an image of chaos, which is what they see is an image of suffering that was caused by the United States, or at least prevented by the United States,” Schatz said. “And that’s been thrust back negatively to the President.”
