The Biden administration has imposed a temporary freeze on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. It would be a mistake for the freeze to be released.

President Biden pledged on the campaign trail to ensure American weapons aren’t used in Yemen. But withholding arms sales can help end the conflict entirely — something that would be a tremendous accomplishment. After all, the now six-year civil war in Yemen is not in America’s interests, is destabilizing the Middle East, and is a humanitarian and moral catastrophe. The war began when the Shia Houthi ethnic group overthrew a Sunni-led government. Famine is ever-present, given blockades of food and medical supplies, and almost 250,000 people have died.