The United States has announced the approval of the sale of more than $7.4bn in bombs, missiles and related equipment to Israel, which has used American-made weapons to devastating effect during the war in Gaza.

The state department has signed off on the sale of $6.75bn in bombs, guidance kits and fuses, in addition to $660m in Hellfire missiles, according to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).

The proposed sale of the bombs “improves Israel’s capability to meet current and future threats, strengthen its homeland defense, and serves as a deterrent to regional threats”, the DSCA said in a statement.

  • Prior_Industry
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    261 month ago

    You see it was impossible to take a nuanced position and vote for the lesser of two evils.

    • @[email protected]
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      91 month ago

      But they can claim moral superiority, and we all know that’s what’s most important when it comes down to it.

        • @[email protected]
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          -128 days ago

          I could not care less about moral superiority. That’s why I held my nose and voted for an imperfect candidate.

    • @Maalus
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      -251 month ago

      So far the bigger evil has secured a working ceasefire and people aren’t dying to those bombs at the moment. Which is infinitely better than “genocide is ongoing”.

      • @BarbudoGrande
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        201 month ago

        The ceasefire was in the works and fully implemented before the Cheeto didn’t place his hand on the Bible

        • @IndustryStandardOP
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          -101 month ago

          Let’s not start twisting history. The ceasefire came directly after the Trump envoy. Giving any credit for it to Biden is insane cope.

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            121 month ago

            It’s the ceasefire Biden’s team that nearly got accepted until Trump phoned up his pal Netanyahu to tell him not to do it until he got elected.

        • @Maalus
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          -121 month ago

          The ceasefire agreement was the exact same as it was in October when it was rejected. And not by Palestine. Trump sent envoys a month before the Gaza ceasefire happened. This isn’t Biden who got it.

      • @_stranger_
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        81 month ago

        Yeah, Biden negotiated that.