Saturday, December 30, 2023

Biden administration bypasses Congress on weapons sales to Israel

 from al Jazeera

The administration of United States President Joe Biden has once again bypassed Congress to greenlight an emergency weapons sale to Israel, which has only intensified and broadened its attacks on the Gaza Strip despite growing international outrage.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress that he had made a second emergency determination in less than a month, covering a $147.5m sale of equipment to Israel, the State Department said on Friday.

“Given the urgency of Israel’s defensive needs, the secretary notified Congress that he had exercised his delegated authority to determine an emergency existed necessitating the immediate approval of the transfer,” it said...

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  1. On a mission, fershur!
    What mission?
    Y, to secure all that Gaza offsore NG, convert to LNG, ship via Haifa to EU both short range to Med coast countries but ALSO OUT THRU STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR to western EU to replace the banned Russia pipeline NG, at 5-8X the price per m3, make many $hekels!
    But first, gotta eliminate the competition:
    Beirut port---DONE summer 2020 when no one paying attention, with that ship-delivered mini-nuke.
    Latakia, SYRIA port---DONE!
    https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=latakia+port&ia=web&iaxm=about&iax=images
    Now on to next task cleanse Gaza.

    ALL explained in one 5 minute vid Richard with George 3 days ago:

    The Overlooked Economic Incentives for Israel's War on Gaza
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDS5mKiXmgQ
    DEC28
    BUT, he left out 1 VERY important point!
    What was that bizarre announcement 1 week ago the Houthis/Yemen announcing they will now also force the closing of the Med very key shipping route thru the strait of Gibraltar?
    So any day we'll see if that was just a bluff!

    https://mondoweiss.net/2023/12/operation-al-aqsa-flood-day-86-israel-falls-in-serious-strategic-trap-in-gaza-as-netanyahu-vows-to-fight-for-months/

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