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US approves $7.4bn sale of more weapons to Israel used to ravage Gaza

c/world · u/IndustryStandard@lemmy.world · 0 points

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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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u/KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 points

This is both disingenuous and extremely reductive.

The majority of foreign aid in the past few years has gone to Ukraine. It also goes into disease prevention, such as the Ebola outbreak, and fighting aids and other diseases.

Are there issues? Absolutely. But those issues are more about the US not caring that it destroys existing infrastructure (for instance Haitis ability to grow food) while replacing it with dependence on the US.

u/KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 points

Personally I’d prefer a single genocide over a genocide, all foreign aid being pulled, dumping vital irrigation reserves, and more.

u/NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 0 points

To some people the genocide overshadows anything else because... Y'know, it is/was a genocide. Telling those people that "it's not just about the genocide" is, frankly, barking up the wrong tree.

u/OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 0 points

But you do realize that trump is much much much much worse, right? It’s not just about the genocide, you know.

u/fallowseed@lemmy.world · 0 points

axis of evil and has been. you vote democrat, you vote republican, you vote for genocide. simple as.