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US spends a record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7 (apnews.com)

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Unlike the United States' publicly documented military aid to Ukraine, it was impossible to get the full details of what the U.S. has shipped Israel since last Oct. 7, so the $17.9 billion for the year is a partial figure, the researchers said.

They cited Biden administration "efforts to hide the full amounts of aid and types of systems through bureaucratic maneuvering."

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[-] regul@lemm.ee 49 points 4 days ago

Healthcare pls

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

And houses, to be given to the homeless.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago

I could seriously use a dermatologist and a dentist.. like months ago.

[-] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

I wish the media would explain just how much money this is so the uninformed don’t just think it’s a high number. This is quite literally 17,900 stacks of 1 millions dollars each. It’s insane, but there seem to be plenty of people out there who don’t understand how large of a number this really is.

[-] ModestMeme@lemm.ee 15 points 4 days ago

Lots of people here frame this as a Biden and Harris policy. While the Senate is evenly split between parties, the House is majority Republican. Congress is where this money is allocated. And Trump is rabidly anti-Muslim. But sure, frame aid as Biden and Harris only. Never mind what will happen once Trump wins the election.

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Biden has literally bypassed congress to send more arms to Israel than what was allocated.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

The genocide is bipartisan, and Biden is in power right now. It's framed as Biden policy, because it literally is.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 days ago

It will happen regardless of who wins the election, because imperialism is bipartisan. And it’s not about Biden or Harris or Trump: the Republican and the Democratic candidates were always going to be supportive of imperialism. The Republican & Democratic political machines aren’t going to float anti-imperialists on the general election ballot.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago

Biden has dozen of options to halt all arms sales to Israel whenever he wants. He is obligated to do so by both international and US law because of the blatant war crimes and attacks on aid workers but go off I guess.