It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer on hold earlier in the month.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15415020

The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday.

It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold this month. The administration has said it paused that earlier transfer to keep Israel from using the bombs in its growing offensive in the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.

    • wildbus8979
      813·
      8 months ago

      You see, upholding tradition is the hallmark of progressives!

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
        91·
        8 months ago

        Biden isn’t a progressive. Never has been, never will be.

        He’s a conservative neoliberal who’s barely to the left of Joe Manchin.

        • wildbus8979
          44·
          8 months ago

          We agree. Either people we’re offended by this fact, or their sarcasm meter requires professional calibration.