The State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel, U.S. officials say, as the American ally presses forward with its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Some of the arms in the package could be sent through current U.S. stocks but the majority would take a year or several years to deliver, according to two U.S. officials Saturday who spoke on condition of anonymity because the notification to Congress hasn’t been formally sent.
The sale includes medium-range air-to-air missiles to help Israel defend against airborne threats, 155 mm projectile artillery shells for long-range targeting, Hellfire AGM-114 missiles, 500-pound bombs and more.
The weapons package would add to a record of at least $17.9 billion in military aid that the U.S. has provided Israel since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, launched the war.
The informal notice to Congress isn’t the final notification before a sale. Now the leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee or the Senate Foreign Relations Committee can review the package.
News of the weapons sale was first reported by Axios.
(AP)
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The Biden administration has given more military aid to Isreal than any other administration.
I don’t like him. But Hakaras HaTov is required. (And saying that Trump would have given more, whether that’s true or not and will remain to be seen) does not remove our obligation for Hakaras Hatov. Be honest.
Shavuah Tov
I’m curious why Congress needs to approve this or even to be consulted: this is a sale not a Nedava!
the biden administration has given israel a fraction of the military aid it has given to ukraine. in fact, some of the military stockpiles, stored in israel, were depleted in order to supply the war in ukraine, and thereby not available when israel needed them. and somehow, the biden administration never once called for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine, or threatened to halt arms shipments. there is also hakarat hara, especially when it puts thousands of jewish lives in jeopardy.
Too little too late
A day late and a dollar short
לא מעוקצך ולא מדובשך
Don’t force us to feed and help our enemies prolonging the war and blocking any chance of them releasing the kidnapped hostages, and don’t give us your little honey in the form of weapons to cover up your disastrous policies that hurt us so much and worked against us
ימח שמם
maskildoresh,
Everything Brandon did came with a demand, slap and knife in the back. He also withheld arms deliveries and disclosed Israel’s negotiating positions to its enemies.
We owe nothing to this incontinent, useless turd or his hyena-laughing, dimwitted VP. We owe immeasurable thanks to HKB”H for protecting us and consigning this failed administration to the garbage heap of history!