Biden seeks to "allow for the transfer of all categories of defense articles," his request states

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/6086536

Biden seeks to “allow for the transfer of all categories of defense articles,” his request states

The White House has formally requested the removal of restrictions on all categories of weapons Israel is allowed to access from U.S. weapons stockpiles in the country, as I reported in detail for The Intercept today. So you know I’m not exaggerating, here’s a screenshot of the request:

The request would also remove nearly all other limits on Israel’s ability to access the U.S. weapons stockpiles — permanently —by doing the following:

read more: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/biden-moves-to-lift-restrictions?publication_id=7677&post_id=139155763

  • crashfrog@lemm.ee
    14·
    2 years ago

    They are asking for them not to kill Palestinians while fighting Hamas.

    But that’s nonsense, that’s impossible - every war has unavoidable civilian casualties especially when the enemy operates out of cities. Every war in history has killed civilians. Every one.

    You’re saying that Palestinian lives, uniquely, are so infinitely valued that Israel can risk none of them; that any amount of Jewish lives are worth less, in balance, than a single Palestinian life. Calling that “insanity” is more charitable than what people usually call it when you say the life of a Jew has no value.