The Biden administration is again holding up the licenses for selling more than 20,000 U.S.-made rifles to Israel over concerns about attacks by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, two U.S. officials told Axios.
Why it matters: The decision to send the rifle deal for another review by the State Department signals the Biden administration remains concerned the Israeli government isn’t doing enough to curb violence by extremist settlers.
Catch up quick: Israel in the first week of the war requested the rifles for civilian initial response teams in Israeli villages close to the borders with Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Those teams of local residents receive weapons and training from the Israeli police in order to be first responders in case of a terror attack.
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/us-israel-rifle-sale-delay-west-bank-violence
re:US M16 sales to Israel…
Yeah, that Nazi asshole Ben-Gvir’s name is probably on all the receipts. Eff that guy and his version of MIGA for the West Bank and other settlers.
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https://nitter.net/JakeGodin/status/1735052613970702480
Appears that IDF are using bulldozers on the Al-Faluja Cemetary in Jabalya in northern Gaza. Satellite imagery from @planet shows what appears to be bulldozer activity in the cemetery between Dec 06 and Dec 10.
Location: 31.533749, 34.489628
Map link:
At 88, Abu Issam has walked the Nakba twice. And each time the international community, led by western governments, has stood by in full complicity. Palestinians will never forget, and will never forgive.
Exclusive: Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise ‘dumb bombs,’ US intelligence assessment finds
This actually applies to anybody who says that.
It is legal to physically stop arms transfers in the UK, although you will be arrested when you try.
Well, now the government is trying to undermine their own security services? I’m sure that will end well…
