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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Gallant’s visit came as Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, repeated his claim that the Biden administration was presiding over a “dramatic drop” in arms shipments to Israel in recent months, a charge that has angered US officials, who have described it as “perplexing”.

What's that claim of “dramatic drop” in arms shipments?

In the following article I see a dramatic increase. In the budget at least.

U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts - Council on Foreign Relations

Since the start of Israel's war with Hamas on October 7, 2023, the United States has enacted legislation providing at least $12.5 billion in military aid to Israel, which includes $3.8 billion from a bill in March 2024 (in line with the current MOU) and $8.7 billion from a supplemental appropriations act in April 2024.

Am I missing something or Israel bluntly lying again?

[Edit: Within the link above there is another link and the section with the title "What's paused". It looks like Biden paused 1 shipment to my understanding]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why does Israel need military aid? Let them at least buy the weapons

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That's the neat part, they don't! They have a huge domestic weapons industry already!