U.S. delays arms shipments to Israel amid Rafah tensions
Source: Washington Post
The Biden administration is delaying the sale of at least two arms shipments to Israel amid mounting concern about the countrys plan to expand a military operation in southern Gaza that could dramatically increase the conflicts death toll, said four people familiar with the matter.
The White House and State Department declined to explain the decision, but it is the first known instance of a delay in U.S. arms transfers since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack into Israel that killed more than 1,200 people.
Since then, the United States has surged tens of thousands of bombs and missiles to its ally even as huge swaths of Gaza have been turned to rubble and the death toll among Palestinians has ballooned to more than 34,000, many of them women and children, according to local health authorities.
President Biden has described the bombing as indiscriminate, but he has been reluctant to leverage weapons transfers to try to force a change in Israels behavior.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/07/biden-delays-weapons-israel-rafah/
Palestinians scramble for safety recently as Israel pounds sealed-off Gaza Strip.
President Biden has described the bombing as indiscriminate - and is now is delaying the sale of at least two arms shipments to Israel amid mounting concern over the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
Deuxcents
(16,498 posts)peppertree
(21,782 posts)This would be like shipping weapons - and taxpayer loot - to Bloodymir.
Deuxcents
(16,498 posts)Crowman2009
(2,512 posts)Let's his Talabangelical buddies in america wail and gnash their teeth all they want. We should not fullfill their agenda.
LeftInTX
(25,894 posts)They can still take out Hamas without destroying everything. Precision is needed. Get rid of the tunnels and Hamas will be kneecapped.
peppertree
(21,782 posts)You know - let's not call it genocide.
BaronChocula
(1,664 posts)Would love to hear more concrete policy action.