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White House urging Democrats to reject progressive push to block arms transfers to Israel (www.timesofisrael.com)

submitted 5 days ago by TokenBoomer to c/progressivepolitics

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With legislation almost certain to fail given bipartisan backing for Israel, administration’s decision to weigh in shows desire for party to maintain pro-Israel stance after election

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[–] finitebanjo 3 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Meanwhile, the Biden administration has been privately working to push back against the Senate legislation, with officials from the White House, State Department and Pentagon reaching out to various lawmakers on the fence about how they might vote, one US official told The Times of Israel.

Source remained unnamed, basically "trust us bro."

[–] timewarp 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Considering the Biden admin just vetoed a UN Security Council resolution for a ceasefire and release of hostages, the idea that this is a "trust us bro" situation is willful blindness. At this point I'm just going to assume either Biden will do whatever Israel wants on his own free will, or they have some serious blackmail on him.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He's following decades of US State Department foreign policy. At this point nothing short of Israel attacking the US will change the stance.

[–] TokenBoomer 7 points 5 days ago

They already did that, nothing happened.

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