U.S. Doubles Down On Support For Israel With Large Defense Sale

U.S. Doubles Down On Support For Israel With Large Defense Sale

Israel’s first two F-35 stealth fighter jets on their maiden flight as part of the Israeli Air Force on December 13, 2016. (The Israel Defense Forces)

Israel and the United States are working on defense deals that include the supply of fighter jets, attack helicopters and munitions amid the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel and Hebrew sources reported.

Defense Ministry Director-General Eyal Zamir discussed the deals with senior Pentagon and State Department officials as well as with executives from major U.S. defense companies during a work visit to Washington on January 25.

Defense sources told The Times of Israel that Israel’s plans to procure an additional squadron of 25 F35i stealth fighter jets, another squadron of 25 F-15IA fighter jets and a squadron of 12 Apache helicopters were advanced during the discussions.

During the discussions in Washington, the Israeli Defense Ministry delegation also worked to advance the continued supply of American munitions for the war with Hamas in Gaza, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 25,000 Palestinians most of whom were women and children.

The Times of Israel said that the deals have not yet been signed, despite a report by Israel’s Channel 12 news on claiming so.

Citing defense sources, the news channel said that Israel requested priority from the Americans for the supplies, given the development of the war in Gaza.

Since the outbreak of the war, 250 cargo planes and more than 20 ships have delivered more than 10,000 tons of American armaments and military equipment to Israel. The U.S. also vetoed several resolutions condemning Israel in the UN and engaged Hamas allies in Syria, Iraq and Yemen in order to support Israeli war efforts.

The new arms deals show that the U.S. is determined to support Israel at all costs. This will only encourage the Israeli leadership to go on with the war on Gaza and add to tensions in the Middle East.

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is the downfall of the west

it is suicydal and homicydal tribe

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Mr Fudge

do tell where will israel get the money to pay for these arms?

halfwit amerikan

we give 4 billion burger to israel—i must beg for taco

Dave

no veto except for the tribuni plebis. the us are the opposite.

Peter Jennings

isn’t it obvious to all by now that the usadmin, and it seems all of them, are intent on assisting the isreali apartheid regime to ethnic cleanse its way around the me. the isreali apartheid regime is the way in to the me for the usadmin and nato. without this apartheid regime dominating the area and its neighbours, the western crusaders wouldn’t have a chance. that day is slowly coming and so do the isreali apartheid regime and its usadmin have it coming.

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Edgar Zetar

israel knows (intelligence and strategic services) that big wars are coming; usa empire is under threat of losing their superpower status. israel only option (and they thought very well this before creating the israel attacks). israel needed to remove muslims of palestine, and then close their borders (later israel will push for a buffer zone using neighbors territory). big wars are in the horizon and israel knows this.

Edgar Zetar

i told this when gaza invasion started, israel will do whatever they wanted in palestine, you can cry, argue, do whatever you want, israel will do anything they wanted in palestine. now they are doing mass executions in gaza, so… the usa empire gave israel the advanced outpost in the middle east, and they are just taking full control over the land the empire gave them.

No love for 1776!

fuck the stars and stripes for it represents the anglo converts duel citizenship military industrial complex! i have no faith in the government nor any politician here in states.

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Mowaten

fuck usa, fuck israel, they’re both failing no matter how heinously they try. tables are turning and soon they will be on the receiving end, i just hope the rest of the world will not show them more mercy than they ever showed to others

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_TomSawyer_

🫵🤡 😆😆😆

halfwit amerikan

amerikunt retail business in middle east türkiye not africa 30% decline in revenue past 3 months…but israel economy okay

jimbim

it is not a sale, the isreali apartheid regime will get it for free. on top of the 3.8 billon in us military aid, israel will receive 10 billon for committing genocide.

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Kubaczeck

nice plane lol …send more f35’s to israhell but save some for jewkraine

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Amalek

the west is a kikestocracy

Ihavebeenhere

4b a year and more… you make it sound like they pay for it lol.

during last “””wars””” the us give zionists free weapons and ammo… these zionists can’t make their own weapons and that is why the moment country like iran stand up zionists none stop attacking them. zionists know how weak they are and they need this fake idea that they are “strong” – but anyone with one brain cell that know history can tell how weak zionists are in reality.

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carlos der schakal

tiny israel will get everything it wants no questions asked, for free and without delay. while ukrainians who have lost a third of their territory and almost a million men, women and children are thrown under the bus by us politicians playing shenanigans about the us border.

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Edgar Zetar

usa will go to the end supporting israel, you shouldn’t even have a little doubt over that issue. after wwii they created israel in the middle east just to advance western world into muslim world, one century ago british empire tried to conquer muslim world with little success. israel is an advanced outpost of the empire in the middle east. people have to wake up to the fact western world is an empire trying to extend their domains worldwide, no matter if usa empire, before was british empire.

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Edgar Zetar

or any european empires of xviii xix xx centuries, they can have different heads but they all look the same goals, usa empire is the winner of western world. the first time the world had seen the universality was in the form of “religion”, near than two thousand years ago, western religion ‘christianity’ was the generator of the universality, the first empires justified expansion using ‘religion’

_TomSawyer_

“amerika requires a stupified population”. christopher lasch

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Vitex

not a sale if the money used to buy the weapons was given to israel by the usa…..

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Mexican Czar

for free. israel gets money, bombs, technology, energy and women from the united states for free

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Cavery

these idiots are intent on going after lebanon next. they want their war with iran and want to cover their flanks before they do so. they are completely deluded and the us encourages it.

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