Grace Gilson

A Democratic National Committee panel blocked a resolution Tuesday that would have called for a suspension of military aid to Israel and recognition of Palestinian statehood, after a debate underscoring growing fissures within the party over its longstanding support of Israel.

The resolution , which was proposed by Allison Minnerly, a new Gen Z member from Florida, would have joined the growing chorus of calls in the House and Senate in recent weeks to block weapons sales to Israel. Following debate over the resolution Tuesday morning at the DNC’s summer meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the resolution received a resolute bloc of “nay” votes from the panel.

The committee unanimously passed another resolution, proposed by DNC Chairman Ken Martin, that called for the unre

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