“As with many allies, they have items that we do not agree with,” Risch said. “This thing would be over if the Iranians would back away and get out of this. The Saudis obviously need the weapons. . . . We should support our allies when they are doing defensive things like this.”
The Yemeni civil war has caused the deaths of some 233,000 people, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. Most of those deaths have been from indirect causes such as lack of food or access to health care.
Rather than Biden administration diplomacy producing an end to the fighting in Yemen, there are signs the situation is worsening, House Democratic progressives said in urging the Senate to pass the Paul-Sanders resolution.
“Last month, Saudi Arabia tightened its blockade on Yemen, permitting just 3 percent of the fuel the country needs into Yemen’s major port,” said a joint statement from Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and the caucus whip, Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. “Saudi warplanes enforce a blockade on Yemen’s airspace, threatening to shoot down commercial and humanitarian flights. This has almost completely halted medicine and medical supplies from entering the country, and has amounted to a death sentence for tens of thousands of Yemenis seeking lifesaving treatment abroad.”
The weapons package is also opposed by a coalition of over 40 human rights, arms control and Arab issues advocacy groups, who sent a letter to Congress last week urging lawmakers to vote it down.
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