A polarizing resolution calling for an arms embargo on Israel was voted down Tuesday by members of the Democratic National Committee.
But in a surprise development, DNC Chair Ken Martin announced after the vote that he was forming a task force to continue discussion of the issue, indicating that the committee planned to consider a new resolution about the issue at a later date.
In announcing his support for the task force, Martin withdrew support for a prior resolution — one he had introduced and backed — that called for a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. That resolution had already been approved by the DNC’s Resolutions Committee, but was withdrawn at the chair’s behest.