The Trump administration proceeded with the sale of rifles over 20,000 US-made attacks in Israel last month, proceeding with a sales that the administration of the Biden, who was used by the extremist Israeli settors, proceeded with a sales, according to a document and a source familiar with the case.
According to the document, the State Department sent a notice to the Congress for the sale of $ 24 million for the sale of $ 24 million on 6 March, the final user will be the Israeli National Police.
Rifle sales is a small transaction next to billions of dollars weapons supplies to Washington Israel. But this attracted attention when the Biden administration delayed sales on concerns that weapons could end in the hands of Israeli settlers, some of which have attacked the Palestinians in the Israeli-Quiz West Bank.
The Biden administration has imposed restrictions on individuals and institutions accused of committing violence in Israeli -occupied West Bank, which has seen an increase in attacks on the Palestinians.
On its first day at the office on 20 January, Trump issued an executive order, reversing the US policy, canceled US sanctions on Israeli settlers. Since then, his administration has approved the sale of weapons worth billions of dollars to Israel.
On March 6, the Congress notification said that the US government has taken into consideration “political, military, economic, human rights and arms control ideas”.
The state department did not respond to the request for remarks when asked whether the administration sought assurance from Israel on the use of weapons.
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Since the Middle East War of 1967, Israel has captured the West Bank, which Palestinians need to be the origin of an independent state, and have created settlements that most countries understand illegally. Israel disputed this, citing historical and Bible relations on the land.
The violence that settled before the explosion of the Gaza war was increasing, and it had deteriorated since the struggle began a year ago.
Trump has formed a close relationship with Netanyahu, promising to return Israel in his war against Hamas in Gaza Strip. His administration has carried forward with the sale of Israel weapons despite the requests of Democratic MPs in some cases to stop the sales until they get more information.
The US Senate on Thursday rejected a bid to block $ 8.8 billion in arms sales to Israel on human rights concerns, voting on 82–15 and 83–15 to reject two proposals for rejection on the sale of large-scale bombs and other aggressive military equipment.
The resolutions were offered by Berney Sanders, the senator of the vermont, who is an independent who cocuses with the democrats.
Rifle sales were stopped after democratic MPs objected and information was sought about how Israel was going to use them. Congress committees eventually approved the sale but the Biden administration holds.
According to Israeli Tall, the latest episode in the decades-old Israel-Pilstinian conflict began on October 7, 2023 with Hamas attack on Israeli communities, with gunmen killed 1,200 people and took over 250 hostages. Gaza’s health officials say the Israeli campaign has so far killed more than 50,000 Palestinians.
Israeli National Security Minister Itmar Ben-Gwir, Prime Minister Benjamin, a right member of Netanyahu’s government, oversees the Israeli police force. In November 2023, the Times of Israel newspaper reported that his ministry has “emphasized the civil security squads” after the October 7 attacks.
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