https://nytimes.com/world/middleeast/us-israel-tanks-ammunition
The State Department is pushing through a government sale to Israel of 13,000 rounds of tank ammunition, bypassing a congressional review process that is generally required for arms sales to foreign nations, according to a State Department official and an online post by the Defense Department on Saturday.
The State Department notified congressional committees at 11 p.m. on Friday that it was moving ahead with the sale, valued at more than $106 million, even though Congress had not finished an informal review of a larger order from Israel for tank rounds.
The department invoked an emergency provision in the Arms Export Control Act, the State Department official and a congressional official told The New York Times. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivities over the sales. The arms shipment has been put on an expedited track, and Congress has no power to stop it.
@WorldlyBaboonGreen5mos5MO
Just like any other third world dictatorship. Israel will be the end of this country.
@SenateSeatDingoSocialist5mos5MO
Wow. The war mongering dictator Biden does it again.
@EagerToucanGreen5mos5MO
So Hamas fight the IDF who in return bombs the Palestinians? This is how,wars go? Seriously?
@CheeseSkylarSocialist5mos5MO
"The State Department’s decision to bypass Congress appeared to reflect an awareness of some Democratic lawmakers’ criticism of the Biden administration for supplying arms to Israel with no conditions or scrutiny."
@BubblyL0bbyistConstitution5mos5MO
So if they are paid for with seized Russian assets/money, perhaps Secretary Blinken can sell arms to Ukraine as well.
He should send a receipt to Putin that says,
'You broke it, you pay to fix it."'
@PieBobRepublican5mos5MO
If Trump did this y'all'd be screaming "Fashizm!!!"
You'd be right.
The military simply called up China and said don't worry, if they didn't approve of something Trump wanted to do, they'd give them a call.
NOW, State does whatever the hell they want.
Chilling.
@ParrotMadelineLibertarian5mos5MO
Blinker looks so terrified in every picture. As well he should be. To quote the great Sinead O’Connor in her 1997 open letter to Itamar Ben Gvir: “God does not reward those who bring terror to the children of the world. SO YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED IN NOTHING BUT YOUR SOUL'S FAILURE.”
@AdoringTradeTariff5mos5MO
I think the state department wants to see how long we can last without money or support from our own country. I think it would be better to live in another country that's supported by the US...?
@Tr3atyEggs5mos5MO
What else can we say
There is more than meet the eyes
But in the quest of power and territorial sovereignty we should always put humanity first, before our selfish interests
@Independ3ntGiraffe5mos5MO
You mean AIPAC lobby approved the sale of tank ammunition to Israel.
@SereneRaisinsLibertarian5mos5MO
No surprises here! The State Department giving a big middle finger to Congress by approving the sale of tank ammunition to Israel behind closed doors.
@Bip4rtisanLemurGreen5mos5MO
Hope it won't be like Reagan's Iran-Contra affair scandal. They're trying to bypass congressional review.
Netan Yahoo's brutal government can't trusted, many people are saying.
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