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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Gallant’s visit came as Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, repeated his claim that the Biden administration was presiding over a “dramatic drop” in arms shipments to Israel in recent months, a charge that has angered US officials, who have described it as “perplexing”.

What's that claim of “dramatic drop” in arms shipments?

In the following article I see a dramatic increase. In the budget at least.

U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts - Council on Foreign Relations

Since the start of Israel's war with Hamas on October 7, 2023, the United States has enacted legislation providing at least $12.5 billion in military aid to Israel, which includes $3.8 billion from a bill in March 2024 (in line with the current MOU) and $8.7 billion from a supplemental appropriations act in April 2024.

Am I missing something or Israel bluntly lying again?

[Edit: Within the link above there is another link and the section with the title "What's paused". It looks like Biden paused 1 shipment to my understanding]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why does Israel need military aid? Let them at least buy the weapons

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

That's the neat part, they don't! They have a huge domestic weapons industry already!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Israel’s defence minister has flown to meet senior Biden administration officials in Washington for what he has described as “critical” talks over the twin conflicts with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Some Israeli officials have linked a push into Rafah, the southern area of Gaza, where it says it is targeting the last battalions of Hamas, to a potential refocus on the border with Lebanon, where escalating exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah have increased fears of a wider war there.

On Sunday, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff warned that an Israeli offensive in Lebanon had the potential to increase the risk of a broader conflict that draws in Iran and Iran-aligned militants.

Amid concerns that fighting with Hezbollah could escalate into a wider war, the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, repeated threats that his movement would strike widely throughout Israel.

The Lebanese armed group on Saturday evening published a video showing Israeli positions and coordinates, along with an excerpt of a speech last week in which Nasrallah said: “If war is imposed on Lebanon, the resistance will fight without restrictions or rules.”

Officials from Lebanese and Iraqi groups backed by Iran say Iran-backed fighters from around the region will join in if war erupts on the Lebanon-Israel border.


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[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean this war is obviously not stopping any time soon. The amount of rocket from hezbolla was enough to turn the border region into no mans land.

[–] jeffw 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It’s not really just one war