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.

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    Where are all the “We need to stop sending money overseas” voters? Did they win yet?

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      Well, they stopped sending money to Ukraine, so I guess thats part of their stance fulfilled.

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        And stopped enforcing the sanctions on Russia that were created by the legislature. If the executive branch does not execute the laws made by the legislature then we are not a republic. We are now a dictatorship.

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      Seriously, them and trumpers’ voters are awfully quiet…

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        Bullshit, Israel continues to receive monetary aid from the US and the latest weapons sales includes federal subsidies. US and German taxpayers always pay for weapons destined for Israel.

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                The US does not need their 2.000 pound bombs battle tested on refugee camps. Especially when Ukraine could have used those weapons.

                The Houthi blockade was directly related to Israel. The Houthis started blocking ships of every country complicit in the genocide.

                Say do you think Israel is committing genocide by the way?

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                I think the poster’s post was not about this specific instance, but about the bigger picture. If someone gives you 20 dollars in food aid and then you buy 20 dollars in oranges from them, is it a sale or is it really more of a gift just masquerading as a sale? I think that was the poster’s point, not whether the particular article refers to something actually gifted versus paid for.

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        Good to know it now becomes a good thing since the US is getting something out of it, great line in the sand.