The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is facing criticism after its resolutions committee rejected a measure to call for an arms embargo on Israel on Tuesday, despite a famine being officially declared in Gaza just days before.

There were two measures before the panel on Gaza on Tuesday morning: One, introduced by Florida DNC member Allison Minnerly, urges the party’s members to back a ceasefire and a military and arms embargo on Israel.

Another resolution, introduced as a counter-measure by DNC chair Ken Martin , largely reiterates the party’s existing platform, calling for a two-state solution, ceasefire, and unconditional release of all Israeli captives.

Martin’s resolution passed unanimously through the committee. But the arms embargo resolution failed, with only a handful of

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