{"id":1461267,"date":"2024-03-07T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1461267"},"modified":"2024-03-07T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T21:25:00","slug":"biden-is-hiding-weapons-shipments-to-israel-ignores-west-bank-settlements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/biden-is-hiding-weapons-shipments-to-israel-ignores-west-bank-settlements\/1461267\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Is Hiding Weapons Shipments To Israel & Ignores West Bank Settlements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biden Is Hiding Weapons Shipments To Israel & Ignores West Bank Settlements<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Weapons shipments that exceed a certain amount require notices to Congress. Biden\u2019s solution is to make the shipments smaller and send hundreds more of them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Via Reuters<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Arms Pipeline to Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal notes\u00a0How the U.S. Arms Pipeline to Israel Avoids Public Disclosure<\/a><\/p>\n

The U.S. has sent tens of thousands of weapons including bombs and precision guided munitions to Israel since Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 attacks using procedures that have largely masked the scale of the administration\u2019s military support for its closest Middle East ally, according to current and former U.S. officials.<\/p>\n

The administration has organized more than 100 individual transfers of arms to Israel, but has only officially notified Congress of two shipments made under the major foreign weapons sales process, which are usually submitted to lawmakers for review and then publicly disclosed, U.S. officials said. In both cases, the administration used an emergency rule that avoids the review process.<\/p>\n

The rest of the transfers have been approved using less public mechanisms available to the White House. Those include drawing from U.S. stockpiles, accelerating previously approved deliveries and sending weapons in smaller batches that fall below a dollar threshold that requires the administration to notify Congress, according to current and former U.S. officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the State Department has no legal obligation to notify below-threshold arms transfers, using this process to repeatedly end-run Congress\u2014as sales of this quantity suggest\u2014would violate the spirit of the law and undermine Congress\u2019s important oversight role\u201d Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D., Md.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, told The Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis stuff is non-transparent by design<\/em>,\u201d<\/strong> said Josh Paul, a State Department official handling congressional relations who resigned in October in protest of the Biden administration\u2019s policy on the Gaza war.<\/p>\n

Reflections on the Spirit of the Law<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biden openly flouts not of the spirt of laws but actual laws, and brags about that as happened with student aid.<\/p>\n

The only people who fully understand any laws are the lobbyists who write them.<\/p>\n

In this case the weapons industry likely lobbyists inserted provisions to allow the president to ship weapons at will.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Cookin\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S.-supplied arms since the beginning of the Gaza war include at least 23,000 precision guided weapons, including Hellfire air-to-ground missiles, drones, and Joint Direct Attack Munition kits, which turn unguided bombs into \u201csmart\u201d bombs, along with other similar weapons, U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n

Israel has also received 58,000 155mm artillery shells and munitions for its Iron Dome air defense system, the officials said.<\/p>\n

Now guess what. The Pentagon will complain we don\u2019t have enough of a weapons stockpile and will request more \u201cdefense\u201d spending<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Republicans and Democrats will be happy to oblige.<\/p>\n

West Bank Construction Surging<\/strong><\/p>\n

Via WSJ<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Also, please note\u00a0Visual Evidence Shows Illegal Settler Construction in West Bank Surging<\/a><\/p>\n

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that since Oct. 7, Israeli settlers have been rapidly building illegal roads and outposts across the West Bank. This work is sometimes done under armed guard with funding from the Israeli government.<\/p>\n

Normally the Journal has a share button but the accompanying video does not offer one.<\/p>\n

There are 15 major roads and 5 settlements underway with military protection. These settlements and roads are illegal under international law.<\/p>\n

The pace of construction is surging. Typically it takes years to build a road. Now they are finished in days.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu is Really in Trouble<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tensions mount in Israel\u2019s war cabinet as Benny Gantz, the chief political rival to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, plan to visit D.C.<\/p>\n

Please note my post\u00a0Netanyahu is Really in Trouble and There\u2019s No Simple Solution<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Biden Doing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biden, who opposes the construction as well as Israeli plans in Gaza, sends concealed weapon shipments with no strings attached.<\/p>\n

He is lobbying Congress for more Israeli aid, also with no strings attached<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Somehow we are spoon fed the idea these wars are a national security risk to the US.<\/p>\n

Actually, it\u2019s our meddling that\u2019s a security risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 03\/07\/2024 – 11:25<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/biden-hiding-weapons-shipments-israel-ignores-illegal-west-bank-settlements<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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