Washington (AP) – Senate Democrats are motivated to play their role in addressing the administration of President Donald Trump Pressure and starvation In Gaza, more than 40 senators signed a letter on Tuesday, urging to resume the ceasefire negotiations and rapidly criticize an Israeli -backed American organization that was designed to distribute food aid.
In a letter to the state secretary Marco Rubio And Special Envoy of Republican President, Steve Witcoff, Senators said Gaza humanitarian foundationMade in February with support from the Trump administration, “Has failed to deepen the human crisis and has contributed to an unacceptable and growing citizen death around the organization’s sites.”
It marked most of the united petition from the Senate Democrats – which is out of power in Washington – to re -order its approach after the collapse of the ceasefire negotiations last week for the Trump administration. Trump broke on Monday Israel Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuSaying that he wanted her “Make sure they get food” in Gaza And refer to images of hungry children.
Trump said on Monday that the US would set up a food center to address the American human crisis, but he did not give any details. White House spokesman Anna Kelly said with a statement that the details would be upcoming and Trump “wants to reduce the pain for the people of Gaza because he has a human heart.”
The White House and the State Department still did not give any information about the schemes for the food centers on Tuesday.
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“He made a choice to establish a new way of distributing food,” he said. “And it’s not working at all.”
The letter received by the Associated Press, asks for the “large -scale expansion” of aid in the gaza through organizations working in the area. It also states that a ceasefire agreement attempt is “as important and necessary as usual.”
The message was led by four Jewish members of Democratic Cocks. October 7, 2023, Attack,
Signature of 44 Senators – The Vast Majority of the Senate Democratic Cocks – shows what extent the Democrats have achieved some unity A foreign policy issue that divided them deeply while they White House organized last yearHe called for ending the war that does not see Hamas under the control of Gaza and opposes the long -term targets of both an Israeli and Palestinian kingdom and any permanent displacement of Palestinian people.
Meanwhile, Republican is dealing with Trump’s position and supporting Israel. Sen John Cornin, a Texas Republican, who sits in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he was satisfied with Trump that “to referee, but Israel needs to bring back its hostages.”
Nevertheless, images of deteriorating hunger crisis in Gaza were reaching some Republican members of the Congress.
In the weekend, distant rape. Georgia’s Marjori Taylor Green, who regularly asks to end foreign aid, said on social media, “What is happening to innocent people and children in Gaza. This war and human crisis should end!”
For SChatz, it was a sign that many American cares about suffering in other parts of the world, even Trump won the election with the goals of the “US First” Foreign Policy and kicted his administration by demolishing American aid programs.
“They are looking at images of chaos, images of grief that are either caused by the United States or at least by the United States,” shutz said. “And it is turning negatively red for the President.”
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Associated Press Writer Michelle L. Price contributed.
Stephen Groves, Associated Press