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US spends a record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7 (apnews.com)
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Unlike the United States' publicly documented military aid to Ukraine, it was impossible to get the full details of what the U.S. has shipped Israel since last Oct. 7, so the $17.9 billion for the year is a partial figure, the researchers said.

They cited Biden administration "efforts to hide the full amounts of aid and types of systems through bureaucratic maneuvering."

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[–] ModestMeme@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Lots of people here frame this as a Biden and Harris policy. While the Senate is evenly split between parties, the House is majority Republican. Congress is where this money is allocated. And Trump is rabidly anti-Muslim. But sure, frame aid as Biden and Harris only. Never mind what will happen once Trump wins the election.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago

It will happen regardless of who wins the election, because imperialism is bipartisan. And it’s not about Biden or Harris or Trump: the Republican and the Democratic candidates were always going to be supportive of imperialism. The Republican & Democratic political machines aren’t going to float anti-imperialists on the general election ballot.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago

Biden has dozen of options to halt all arms sales to Israel whenever he wants. He is obligated to do so by both international and US law because of the blatant war crimes and attacks on aid workers but go off I guess.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago

Biden has literally bypassed congress to send more arms to Israel than what was allocated.