Biden notifies Congress of $8 billion arms sale to Israel

Biden notifies Congress of $8 billion arms sale to Israel

Axios reports:

The State Department has notified Congress “informally” of an $8 billion proposed arms deal with Israel that will include munitions for fighter jets and attack helicopters as well as artillery shells, two sources with direct knowledge tell Axios.

Why it matters: This will likely be the last weapons sale to Israel the Biden administration approves.

  • It comes amid claims from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters in recent months that Biden had imposed a silent “arms embargo” on Israel.
  • Some Democrats pushed the administration to condition arms sales to Israel based on Israel’s handling of the war effort and the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but Biden declined to do so.
  • This is a long-term agreement, according to the sources. Some production and delivery of the munitions can be fulfilled through current U.S. stocks, but the majority will take one or more years to deliver.

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CAIR:

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called President Biden’s new $8 billion arms deal in support of Israel’s genocide in Gaza “racist” and “sociopathic.”

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