The current and former predecessors of the United States have disclosed that since the outbreak of the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict in October last year, the United States has tried every means to circumvent Congress and approved and provided Israel with more than 100 arms sales through the channel of "foreign arms sales," but so far only two of them have been announced to the public.
The Washington Post said 6** that the above-mentioned undisclosed arms sales show that the United States has long been deeply involved in this round of conflict. Joseph Biden** has publicly accused Israel of failing to deliver on promises such as "avoiding civilians and allowing more aid into the Gaza Strip," while providing Israel with enormous firepower.
According to the report, the United States only recently briefed Congress on the matter at a confidential briefing. More than 100 arms sales included** including thousands of precision-guided**, small-diameter bombs, and bunker-destroying bombs. It is not yet clear how much and how much arms will be sold.
The anonymity of the meeting and the lawmakers revealed that none of the arms sales in question amounted to the amount that needed to be separately reported to Congress, and were therefore "quietly" completed without public discussion. The two previously announced arms sales are tank ammunition and parts for the manufacture of 155 mm caliber artillery shells, with an amount of 10.6 billion dollars and 1$47.5 billion, which became known to the public because Biden used his special powers to bypass Congress to approve it.
Jeremy Corndyk, a former senior Biden and president of the U.S. Organization Difficult, said that the completion of "extraordinary volumes" of arms sales in such a short period of time "really strongly demonstrates that Israel's military operation cannot be sustained without such a level of U.S. support."
Koningdike said that although the United States did not directly drop bombs or shoot in this conflict, it was undoubtedly deeply involved. "On the one hand, the United States claims that Israel is a sovereign state that makes its own decisions and therefore cannot make its own decisions; On the other hand, the delivery of so many arms in such a short period of time behaves as if they are not directly involved. The United States cannot continue to do this. ”
Some members of Congress have also pointed out that Biden **must put pressure on Israel**. Joaquin Castro, a Democrat and a member of the House Intelligence Committee and the House Foreign Relations Committee, said that many Americans do not support arms sales to Israel now, "why on earth are we sending more bombs there"?
Jason Crowe, another Democratic member of the two committees, said Biden should abide by the current rule that the U.S. "should not send equipment to areas where there is reason to believe it would cause damage to civilians or civilian infrastructure." "I am concerned that the widespread use of artillery and aerial firepower in the Gaza Strip, which has led to such a level of civilian **, is both a strategic and a moral mistake," he said. ”
Christina Taylor, a Democratic voter in Maryland, said in an interview with the Associated Press that the only active role that Biden should play in this round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to push Israel to reduce the intensity of military action, and Biden has not done enough about it.
*:Xinhua.