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Biden Moves to Lift Restrictions on ALL U.S. Weapons to Israel (www.kenklippenstein.com)
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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

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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 34 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Wait, why haven’t we done this with Ukraine? Israel can fend for itself and we really shouldn’t be helping them more than we already are.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait, why haven’t we done this with Ukraine?

Russia has nukes.

The Palestinians do not.

[–] Stowaway@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We probably should help them half as much as we are.

[–] Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

They don't need any help, it's laughable to even call it a war. Israel could level all of gaza in a heartbeat