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On Wednesday, the US Senate will hold a vote on whether to approve the Pentagon’s request to send another $20bn in armaments to Israel, after a year in which the Biden administration has supplied billions of dollars of arms used in Israel's devastating war on Gaza.

Among the weapons to be approved are 120mm tank rounds, high explosive mortar rounds, F-15IA fighter aircraft, and joint direct attack munitions, known as JDAMs, which are precision systems for otherwise indiscriminate or "dumb" bombs.

Separate resolutions are being brought forward for each weapon type, including its cost to US taxpayers. However, together, the initiative is known as the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs).

As a result of intensive lobbying from pro-Israel groups like Aipac and the Democratic Majority For Israel, no arms transfer to Israel has been blocked.

The resolutions likely to gain the highest levels of support are expected to involve the tank rounds, which have been responsible for killing hundreds of civilians in northern Gaza in particular, and the JDAMs, which caused the death of well-known figures such as Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in southern Lebanon, and six-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza City.

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Even if they pass it, It's getting repealed right away in January. This is far too little too late.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yep. The Trump victory means any attempt whatsoever to hold Netanyahu back is completely meaningless.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And now Trump has four years in which they'll start doing to the West Bank what they're doing to Gaza, and Trump will also support Russia and abandon Ukraine because he has a hardon for Putin. Trans folk will be locked up for pedophilia and pedophiles will get pardoned. Leftists will be locked up what's left of press freedom and women's rights will be abolished tariffs will push up prices and the fossil fuel industry that started the world inflation project will get free government money. But I have the feeling you're going to want to tell me more about how Harris has all the same policies as Trump or something.

[–] Remorhaz@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

It’s not going to be just four years. This is going to get real ugly real fast.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe... maybe not. Letting do what they want is in line with trump. But giving money away isn't. So you never know for sure. And isreal probably has enough things stockpiled anyway.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Oh I'm all for them doing it. I'm not trying to say not to do it. If nothing else it will probably bring a lot of Arab Americans back to the Democrats. I'm just bitter because if they had told AIPAC where to go and passed it months ago then I'm pretty sure we'd have at least one swing state. And showing any kind of fire, instead of, "Things will remain the same because we don't see anything wrong with the direction of the country!", would probably have brought more people to the polls in every swing state. I can't guarantee it would have turned into a win, but it wouldn't have been a fucking rout.