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As Freed Palestinians Describe Torture, Trump OKs $3 Billion Arms Package for Israel | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26671382

Brett Wilkins
Feb 28, 2025

As Palestinians released from #Israeli imprisonment recount torture and other abuse suffered at the hands of their former captors, the Trump administration on Friday approved a new $3 billion weapons package for #Israel.

The new package, reported by Zeteo's Prem Thakker, includes nearly $2.716 billion worth of bombs and weapons guidance kits, as well as $295 million in bulldozers.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right. As if it was very different. It's like American presidents can't really decide on some fundamental things. I wonder if even Bernie Sanders would stop sending weapons to Israel if he was POTUS. Maybe that can't be changed, like the Cuban situation.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be perfectly honest, I was genuinely hoping the rhetoric was to a large degree a smokescreen to placate AIPAC. It’s entirely possible I was wrong on that front, but we’ll never know.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

No, you were wrong, and we do know.