The Biden administration for the second time this month has bypassed Congress to approve the transfer of nearly $150 million in military equipment to Israel

Secretary of State Antony Blinken informed Congress that he has made an emergency determination to immediately approve the transfer of “155mm ancillary items including fuzes, charges, and primers that make 155mm shells functional,” a State Department spokesperson said Friday.

The spokesperson said the additional items were added to previous sales, which “increased the total value of the sale to $147.5 million.”

Earlier this month, the administration rushed forward a sale of thousands of munitions to Israel, bypassing the standard 20-day period that congressional committees are typically afforded to review such a sale. The State Department sent an emergency declaration to the oversight committees that more than 13,000 tank shells would be delivered to Israel without any “further information, details or assurances.”

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      1 year ago

      You’d be wrong about that, but I feel like you’re the kind of person to believe whatever he wants.

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        1 year ago

        Thats how beliefs work. They aren’t beliefs if you don’t believe them.

        Trump isn’t pro Palestine either way you are voting for Mr Grab em by the Pussy because you want to what? Own the libs?

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        1 year ago

        So instead of voting for a 3rd party that’s actually anti-zionist, ur gonna vote for one of the only people who could make the situation worse than genocide Joe?

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          People keep telling me Trump is in bed with Russia, who is in bed with Iran, who is in bed with Hamas.

          Which is it?