On Wednesday, Georgia lawmakers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock voted with 17 other Democratic U.S. senators in favor of a resolution led by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to block the sale of some weapons to Israel.
According to Ossoff, the failed resolution would have accounted for less than 5% of American arms that will likely flow to Israel in the next three years.
The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) released a statement on Thursday praising the senators.
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