WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has approved $165 million in weapons sales to Israel to fund heavy-duty tank trailers, the State Department announced Thursday.
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The systems include spare and repair parts, tool kits and technical and logistics support. They are not expected to be delivered until 2027.
Earlier this year, the U.S. announced a mammoth $20 billion weapons support package for Israel to include F-15 fighter jets. Like the tank trailers, those systems will not be delivered for several years and will not affect current Israeli military operations amid its 11-month-old war against Hamas militants in Gaza.
The Biden administration has had to balance its continued support for Israel with a growing number of calls from lawmakers and the public to curb military support there due to the high number of civilian deaths in Gaza.
It has curbed one delivery of 2,000-pound bombs amid continued airstrikes by Israel in densely populated civilian areas in Gaza.
Can they be any more transparent??
Approve the sale to appease the Jewish voters, but schedule delivery for 2027 so they can cancel after the election to appease the Muslim voters . And judging by recent history, the American electorate is absolutely stupid enough to fall for it.
Who could trust This double-headed snake of an Administration.. why not now. while Israel is in the middle of a war after having thousands of people killed and hundreds taking hostage and still held in captivity. Why are they waiting to 2027 think about it open your eyes There’s setting us up to get slaughtered GD forbid..
Congress can fund all they want, but the current president (whoever it is, Biden? Harris? Obama?) can decide to withhold it limit them to suit their own agenda.
Thank you to the Republicans who have the majority in Congress.
shame that they are making Israel wait until 2027 and if the Kamala wins Israel as well as the rest of America will be in big trouble! It is not that think Mr. Trump is perfect but she is so so so bad
Israel needs to stop outsourcing its defense manufacturing. The US is no longer a reliable ally. Even if Trump wins, all the Hamas supporting faggs are still going to be out there, voting in a new generation of Dem nazis.
Vance voted against this.