Senators Call for Restarting Ammunition Shipments to Israel

Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Ted Budd, R-N.C., urged President Joe Biden to resume sending ammunition to Israel after he reportedly suspended the shipments.

“We must give Israel the arms it needs to fight the Hamas terrorists that continue to hold Americans hostage,” the senators wrote Biden in a May 6 letter released May 7.

At a May 7 press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters she will not comment on “specific cases" but that the administration’s commitment to Israel’s security is “ironclad.”