Biden seeks to “allow for the transfer of all categories of defense articles,” his request states


The White House has formally requested the removal of restrictions on all categories of weapons Israel is allowed to access from U.S. weapons stockpiles in the country, as I reported in detail for The Intercept today. So you know I’m not exaggerating, here’s a screenshot of the request:

The request would also remove nearly all other limits on Israel’s ability to access the U.S. weapons stockpiles — permanently —by doing the following:

read more: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/biden-moves-to-lift-restrictions?publication_id=7677&post_id=139155763

  • halfempty@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    I must admit, I don’t get why Biden would go so wholeheartedly pro Israel here. I get that the US has been allies with Israel for decades, and we would probably continue that. But his support goes further, and gets out of balance in terms of public perception of Israel (which does have broad public support), and a clear genocide of Palestinians in Gaza which also has broad public recognition. He probably would have been better to try to thread the needle between the two.

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      11 months ago

      Did you cry genocide when ISIS was being hunted down?

      Israel is trying to move civilians out of harm’s way so they can get to terrorists hiding in hospitals behind civilians.

      Don’t get your numbers from a terrorist organization known for lying and inflating numbers. An organization that counts terrorists along with civilians and doesn’t wear uniforms allowing identification.

      If there are tens of thousands of terrorists being killed that is not genocide.

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        Don’t get your numbers from a terrorist organization known for lying and inflating numbers.

        Basically the whole world uses Gazan numbers, because they’re known to be reliable. I won’t respond to the rest of your comment because you’re disgusting of a human being.

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        11 months ago

        Classic genocidal rhetoric, calling the natives “terrorists” to justify your horrible actions