Posted on 05/14/2024 8:48:02 PM PDT by george76
The Biden administration informally notified congressional committees Tuesday that it planned to move forward with more than $1 billion in weapons deals for Israel, said U.S. officials familiar with the matter, a major transfer of lethal aid that comes a week after the White House paused a single shipment of bombs because of concerns that a planned assault in southern Gaza could cause immense civilian casualties.
The arms deals allow for the potential transfer of $700 million in tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
The decision underscores the administration’s reluctance to defy pro-Israel donors in the Democratic Party who criticized Biden’s decision last week to withhold the shipment, which included controversial 2,000-pound bombs that have been involved in mass casualty events in Gaza.
It is also the latest indication that attacks by Republicans asserting that Biden had imposed an “arms embargo” on Israel, a charge spearheaded by Sen. Tom Cotton
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A U.S. official told The Washington Post that “arms transfers are proceeding as scheduled” and referred to comments from national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday that the United States is “continuing to send military assistance.”
The notification, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, went out to the relevant committees in the House and Senate in a step called “tiered review” that occurs before the formal notification of Congress.
Critics say Biden’s decision to advance the arms package undercuts Washington’s effort to restrain Israel’s military actions in Lebanon and Gaza, where it is pushing for a more targeted approach.
Israeli officials have vowed to launch a major invasion into southern Gaza aimed at eliminating four Hamas battalions in the border city of Rafah.
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“$1 billion in weapons deals for Israel”
Is Israel paying for them or is it a gift of the American taxpayer?
Lousy “journalists” can’t be bothered to distinguish a key point.
Panderer in Chief.
ya’ll know this is going into rats pockets right?....
Is Daddy Warbucks a DemonicRAT?
It’s an Election Year.
It’s going to Ukraine. Money laundering.
Only— it WASN’T “a single shipment” it was several months worth of specific weapons needed, particularly the JDAM kits. Israel learned what an a@@hole Xiden is— because doing this got another “contribution” to the Xiden crime family from the Chi-Coms his paymaster (oh, and also a cut to obamaumao, his puppeteer).
This from Ben Ferguson podcast, and a scoop there on the payoff to joeypoopybags Xiden.
China buys a majority of Iranian oil at huge discounts— despite US Sanctions against Iran. Joe does what china says and is rewarded. Iran gets to sell it’s oil as another revenue stream from what Xiden has sent to them in BILLIONS already. This is one GREASY son of a biotch. And still one stupid a@@hole. Should never have gotten into office.
I hope the college jihadists hear about this and go nuts.
Elections cost money for ads and get out the vote drives. Democrats get half from Jewish donors. Jews don’t have to give to Trump to hurt Biden. Simply withholding their donations would put a crimp in Biden’s campaign.
When a dyed in the wool Democrat like Jewish hedge funder Bill Ackman starts taking a second look at Trump, whom much of the business world holds in contempt, you know that the Democrats have crossed a line. The Jew-hating has become overt, and some donors are, at the very least, considering ending their contributions to the Democrats. That is what Biden is hoping to head off with this resumption.
and another $60 Billion to Ukraine
and nothing to defend USA’s borders
the Washington administration has its priorities screwed up... badly.
I’ll believe it when Israel receives the weapons...
I dont trust Joe ...
Me to PDJT: “A penny for your thoughts, sir?” -hmmm? Oh...I shouldn’t say...I figure though that you could guess fairly accurately what I’m thinking based on the sly smile on my face. Drink your tea, son.
Hurry up and send it before President Retard changes his mind again
SBF is obviously gone besides that link being from 2016.
Soros is obv some sizable percent of the total(I seem to recall abt a quarter in the last midterms but could be confused) and seems opposed to Israel.
So they’re pandering to the other quarter of the half or somewhere in the couple hundred million?
[SBF is obviously gone besides that link being from 2016.
Soros is obv some sizable percent of the total(I seem to recall abt a quarter in the last midterms but could be confused) and seems opposed to Israel.
So they’re pandering to the other quarter of the half or somewhere in the couple hundred million?]
https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=bankman+fried
Soros is indeed pro-Hamas, for whatever reason, but is so far under $100m for the 2024 cycle. Early innings, though.
https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=soros
It matters not. I’ll
gladly contribute my fair
share to insure that the
evils of Hamas and it’s many
tentacles are wiped from
the face of the earth.
These people are evil
personified.
Lol Biden found out that the hamas lovers won’t vote for him anyway so he figured he can cut the Jew hating crap
No...not screwed up...Planned and implemented. So many pathetic criminals and traitors.
Agreed.
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