The US has delivered over 50,000 tons of military equipment to Israel just over the past 10 months.

The U.S. has sent nearly two shipments of weapons to Israel on average every day since it began its genocide in Gaza on October 7, according to new figures from the Israeli military.

This represents over 50,000 tons of military equipment, the military said, or over 150 tons of equipment per day as Israel relentlessly slaughters Palestinians and their children in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. This includes equipment like armored vehicles, munitions and ammunition.

The latest figures are yet another show of the astonishing amount of weapons sent by the Biden administration to aid in Israel’s genocide. The U.S. has sent Israel billions in military assistance and funding to procure U.S.-made weapons; just last week, the U.S. approved a whopping $20 billion sale of weapons to Israel as it threatens war across the Middle East.

Pro-Palestine activists in the U.S. have, for months, been demanding that officials stop sending weapons to Israel. Public opinion polls have repeatedly shown that the majority of Americans think that the U.S. should stop sending weapons.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      If they ignored it then it would at least make sense people didn’t know…

      But I just linked CBSNews, AP, and Amnesty international. Shits being covered.

      Biden isn’t the only issue, we can’t solve the problem by waiting till January.

      AIPAC just got party leaders from both parties together to make sure they stay on message:

      The top four congressional leaders — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffires (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — are all set to address AIPAC’s Congressional Summit in Washington, D.C., which kicked off on Sunday.

      Approximately 1,600 AIPAC leaders and activists will attend the convening, according to AIPAC spokesman Marshall Wittmann, which will also include remarks by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog and a lobbying component calling for emergency Israel funding, full-year 2024 Israel funding and passage of the SHIP Act, an Iran oil sanctions bill that’s expected to be considered in committee in the Senate soon.

      https://jewishinsider.com/2024/03/aipacs-congressional-summit-in-washington-congressional-leaders/

      And again, this shit wasn’t a secret, it’s all out there in the open and widely reported on.

    • wurzelgummidge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      2 months ago

      Most of the MSM also ignores it, just like they do a lot of stuff

      And yet everyone believes everything they say about Iran/China/Russia/Venezuela and all the other places we have been trained to despise.