The plan is to substitute formal military funding with greater U.S. taxpayer-funded co-development & co-production of weapons with Israel, enmeshing the US even more with Israel
Israel is seeking a new 20-year security agreement with the U.S. — doubling the usual term and adding “America First” provisions to win the Trump administration’s support, Israeli and U.S. officials tell Axios.
If geopolitical stability and the long-term health of U.S. national security truly matter, it is time to recognize that continued American aid to Israel must ultimately be ended.
Israel drops off 88 unidentifiable corpses in Gaza; US forks over billions more in “negotiated” aid; Israel continues bombing of Lebanese residences; an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire possibility vanishes; yet another massively destructive Israeli raid on Jenin; Saudi Arabia (Israel’s next target for normalization) sets sight on two-state solution; China scolds US for double standards; tenured prof fired for pro-Palestine Instagram post; Bernie Sanders’ latest attempt to block aid to Israel; more.
Baby born after mother killed in Gaza; Israeli raids in West Bank tripled; Palestinians at the Olympics; Israel gets weapons from countries that have officially halted arms sales; Israel bombs Lebanon, Yemen; Israel’s privileged soldiers will be vaccinated against polio, as Gazans remain at risk; Netanyahu’s intransigent response to ICJ; UK minister calls out pro-Israel lobby; how much aid has the US given Israel since October 7th?; Biden’s withdrawal may be linked to Netanyahu’s visit; Germany criticizes Israel’s opposition to Palestinian state; more.
The barbarity by Israel is unprecedented. Among the deceased in the mass graves at hospitals, some people had been stripped of their clothes and buried with their hands tied. A child is killed every 10 minutes in Gaza on average… The beautiful coastal strip is no longer recognizable…
The data demonstrate systematic disregard for fundamental principles of U.S. & international law, due to reliance on the steady flow of U.S. armaments. According to a high ranking former IDF officer, Israel’s combat could have achieved similar military outcomes “with 10 percent of the destruction [Israel has] caused.”
Another mass grave indicates executions; UN says Israel has been lying about numbers of aid trucks; Israel kills 14 in a massive, 50-hour attack in West Bank; Israel loves the new aid package, denounces the new sanction against one military unit; news about the temporary pier being built for Gaza, more
The plight of children in Gaza; waste crisis, water crisis, respiratory illnesses plague Gaza; 2024 Freedom Flotilla participants assemble; massive Israeli raid in Tulkarem’s Nur Shams camp with multiple deaths; House passes bill that includes $13B aid package to Israel; more
A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He has not taken any action.