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US Approves $1 Billion Arms Package for Israel Amid Ongoing Middle East Tensions
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The Biden administration is planning to send a new package of military aid worth over $1 billion to Israel, which includes tank ammunition, tactical vehicles, and mortar rounds. This announcement comes after the White House put on hold another arms transfer earlier this month. The package has been met with criticism from both sides of the political spectrum in the US.
Israel living in safety and security side by side with a demilitarized Palestinian state that allows for dignity and self-determination amongst the Palestinian people.
I have a general rule of supporting pro-Israel legislation unless it includes a poison pill -- like cuts to domestic policy.
I made it clear that if they go into Rafah ... I'm not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities.
I don't think we should tell the Israelis how to conduct their military campaign, period.
It is President Biden and Senator Schumer himself who are standing in the way of getting Israel the resources it desperately needs to defend itself.
But that said, we are currently reviewing some near-term security assistance shipments in the context of unfolding events in Rafah.
We strongly, strongly oppose attempts to constrain the President's ability to deploy U.S. security assistance consistent with U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives.
We do not support and will not support an Israeli Occupation. We also, of course, do not support Hamas governance in Gaza […] We've seen where that's led all too many times for the people of Gaza and for Israel. And we also can't have anarchy and a vacuum that's likely to be filled by chaos.
A lot of armed Hamas will be left no matter what they do in Rafah.
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sources
- 1.El Paìs
- 2.The Washington Post
- 3.The Guardian
- 4.France 24
- 5.Al Jazeera
- 6.The Times of India
- 7.CTV News
- 8.Al Mayadeen
- 9.Associated Press
- 10.CBS News
- 11.CNN
- 12.El Pais
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.US under Donald Trump
- 3.2024 US Presidential Election
- 4.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 5.British Foreign Policy
- 6.Israel Foreign Policy
- 7.Islamic Terrorism
- 8.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
- 9.Israel-US Relations
- 10.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 11.Qatar Foreign Policy
countries
- 1.Afghanistan
- 2.Egypt
- 3.Israel
- 4.Iraq
- 5.Lebanon
- 6.Palestine, State of
- 7.Taiwan, Province of China
- 8.Ukraine
- 9.United States
- 10.Viet Nam
- 11.Yemen
organizations
- 1.Hamas
- 2.Democratic Party
- 3.White House
- 4.Republican Party
- 5.Senate Foreign Relations
- 6.United Nations
- 7.UN Relief and Works Agency
- 8.Amnesty International
- 9.Committee to Protect Journalists
- 10.Hezbollah
- 11.Human Rights Watch
- 12.International Court of Justice
persons
- 1.Joe Biden
- 2.Benjamin Netanyahu
- 3.Jake Sullivan
- 4.Karine Jean-Pierre
- 5.Tareq Abu Azzoum
- 6.Anthony Blinken
- 7.Chris Van Hollen
- 8.Chuck Schumer
- 9.Evan Vucci
- 10.Gilad Erdan
- 11.Hakeem Jeffries
- 12.Hussain Ibrahim Mekky