Posted on 11/06/2023 6:08:56 AM PST by ConservativeInPA
WASHINGTON — An Israeli government request for 24,000 assault rifles from the United States is drawing scrutiny from American lawmakers and some State Department officials who fear the weapons might end up in the hands of settlers and civilian militias trying to force Palestinians from land in the West Bank, where violence has been surging, U.S. officials say.
The three proposed tranches of semi-automatic and automatic rifles are valued at $34 million and are being ordered directly from U.S. gunmakers, but they require State Department approval and congressional notification. Israel says the rifles would be used by the national police force, but has also indicated that they could be given to civilians, people familiar with the weapons orders told The New York Times.
The State Department gave informal notification of the sale last week to congressional committees, which ignited concerns and prompted requests for the department to ask Israel tougher questions about how it intends to use the arms. Within the department, officials working on human rights issues have expressed reservations, while those overseeing weapons sales intend to approve the orders and announce them in the coming days, U.S. officials say.
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By every measure, the Biden administration is an abhorrent mill of self destructive policies and initiatives. Use the Costanza method of decision making. Whatever Biden does or desires to do, choose the exact opposite.
I think we left a few million in Afghanistan. Didn’t seem to be a big deal?
Was thinking last week that the stop on arms export for 90 days was to prevent conservatives from organizing an “arms for Israel” program looking to have U.S. citizens or gun companies from donating spare AR-15 or AK rifles to Israel. Can’t allow anything to make military style rifles look useful and needed.
AND Obama AND Holder AND “gunwalking” across the southern border…
The democrats are responsible for ANYTHING illegal crossing our borders, be it going one way or the other…
I have a non Muslim friend who is fluent in spoken and read Arabic. I asked him to come to the bookstore with me, because I was too cheap to buy the book.
I pointed out the sura I mentioned, and a few others, plus there were some he was familiar with he wanted to check. (he had spent quite a few years in Saudi-Arabia as a civilian). I have never seen the expression that came on his face before. Absolute shock.
He had only seen true versions before too. He said, "My God, they are two different books". I remember those exact words. I don't remember the rest of his comments word for word, but he went on to say, that this explains why so many people in our government have the wrong idea about Islam.
Every non Muslim (infidel) needs to read a true translation of the Holy Quran or Koran. Then they might understand why this is happening and why it will never stop happening.
IMHO these are probably the most accurate translations, and they are FREE. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16955
I was kidding. Our beloved media identifies AR-15s as assault weapons. I was just making fun of their mis-identification.
Nope. Didn’t even phase the current regime. In fact, we still send them billions of dollars.
Ship 3D printers to Israel instead.
Just like here, the filthy democrats don’t want the good guys to be able to defend themselves against the scum of the earth.
Yep. Tagline says it with every post.
Since we left a few hundred thousand M16s behind in Afghanistan after we surrendered, what’s the concern? Since we’re funding Iran’s nuke production, we should just give them a few plane loads of our own nukes.
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