Biden sends Israel weapons worth $8 billion

The sale of weapons to the value of $8 billion, his government announced Saturday (04.01.2020) shortly before Donald Trump’s inauguration, which is scheduled on January 20. The sale of weapons to Israel, which must be approved by the American Congress, mainly includes ammunition for anti-aircraft defence, according to a well-informed source near Joe Biden’s government. CORVERSE According to American news site Axios, the package includes ammunition for fighter aircraft and offensive helicopters, as well as artillery missiles, small diameter bombs and explosive warheads. Before leaving the White House, Joe Biden once again defies the pressure exerted by some human rights organisations and Democratic MPs who oppose similar sales in Israel. “The president clearly stated that Israel has the right to defend its citizens, in accordance with international law and international humanitarian law, and to prevent any aggression coming from Iran and from its affiliated organisations,” said the same source. CORVERSE During a speech to Congress in November, Senator Bernie Sanders, a prominent figure of the American Left, had requested that these arms sales be stopped. “The United States is complicit in all these atrocities. We are funding these atrocities and this complicity must end.” The elected president, Donald Trump, promised undivided support to Israel, and unlike all the presidents of recent years, he never committed himself to an independent, sovereign Palestinian state. However, it also expressed a desire to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Despite intense diplomatic efforts under the auspices of Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, no truce has been agreed following a one-week truce in late November 2023. The Gaza war broke out after Hamas’s massacre in Israel on October 7, 2023, during which 1,208 people were killed, in their majority civilians, according to a count by the French News Agency based on official Israeli elements and includes hostages who died or were killed in captivity in Gaza. At least 45,717 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the Israeli military retaliation campaign in Gaza, according to the latest report announced by the Hamas Health Ministry today.