Despite Fascist progressives' protests, U.S. approves $735M weapons sale to Israel
Sale finalized as Israel pounds Hamas strongholds in Gaza following attacks beginning last week on Israel by the terrorist organization
As Iron Dome missiles responded by the hundreds to Hamas’ unprovoked attacks on Israel, the Jewish state learned late Tuesday that the U.S. had given final approval to a weapons sale to bolster the nation’s defenses. Photo: Daniel Gonnerman/The Jerusalem Post)
With missiles filling the skies over Israel and Gaza Tuesday, the Biden cabal gave final approval to a $735 million arms sale to the Jewish state. The consent was given after House Democrats considered writing a letter to Biden urging cancellation of the deal but then decided against doing to.
The arms package include a resupply of the Iron Dome missiles that have so effectively responded to Hamas’ unprovoked attacks that began May 10 and have continued daily ever since. The terrorist organization based in Gaza and southern Lebanon has fired over 3,300 missiles into Israel, though the Iron Dome system has successfully downed nearly 95% of those. Still, 35 Israelis have been injured and millions of dollars of damage done by the missiles that have gotten through.
Israel’s response in Gaza has been strategic bombing and missile attacks targeting Hamas strongholds, a tunnel system known as the “Hamas Metro” and civilian areas where Hamas has chosen to hide among the populace. As a result, nearly 150 Palestinians have died, including about 30 children.
Israeli Defense Forces reported Tuesday night their air strikes had collapsed almost 10 miles of the Metro, rendering it useless and requiring years to rebuild, if Hamas survives the current conflct. They also reported Senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Hassam Abu-Arbid was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip Monday afternoon as a blockaded enclave there fired missiles into norther Israel.
Meanwhile, religious violence like none seen in decades has broken out across Israel. Jewish and Arab neighbors who have lived side-by-side for years are turning on one another. On Tuesday night, an Arab-Israeli man was pulled from his car in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam and beaten unconscious by dozens of far-right Jewish Israelis.
The brutal attack, labeled a "lynching" by Israeli media, was broadcast live on TV. The attack bore a strong resemblence to the infamous news helicopter footage of truck driver Reginald Denney being pulled from his semi and brutally beaten during the 1992 Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. The Tel Aviv attack was condemned by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's chief rabbi.
The U.S. arms sale to Israel, which Congress was notified about several days ago, will focus on Israel acquiring precision missiles and special munitions from the United States.
Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday to urge him to accept a ceasefire, if one can be brokered with Hamas, which is highly unlikely. Photo: White House Images)
But meanwhile, the Biden administration has started to push for fighting between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza to stop, even as Israel has cranked up the pressure and started to inflict serious damage against the terrorists. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News Sunday that the attacks “are no where near coming to an end.” His aim is to completely degrade Hamas’ ability to take the offensive.
Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted: “Spoke today with Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry to discuss the ongoing violence in Israel, West Bank, and Gaza. “All parties need to deescalate tensions — the violence must end immediately.”
That attitude does not sit well with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who served under President Donald Trump. Pompeo sent out a tweet of his own Tuesday night.
“The Biden Administration has distanced itself from Israel by attempting to revive the failed Iran deal, siding with the Ayatollahs over our ally. America must be strong and defend its allies without hesitation.”
Biden’s backhanded assist to Israel is indicative of an effort within his administration to change long-standing policy toward the Jewish state. Under Barack Obama, the same pro-Palestinian attitude was evident and now it is renewed by the Biden cabal that is made of Fascist Obama sycophants and progressives from the far Left wing of the Democrat Party.
Abandoning Israel, our staunchest ally in the Mideast and one that recently signed four peace initiatives brokered by President Trump, would be the gravest of mistakes. Given the cabal’s insistence on stopping Israeli defense efforts before Hamas is rendered totally ineffective, plus the effort to revive the Iran nuclear deal can lead us to only one conclusion.
It is a mistake Biden appears to be willing to make.