“Approving more weapons to Israel would add fuel to the fire and would only embolden Israel to continue its bombardments on Gaza.”

By Jake Johnson, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 5-17-2021

Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Israel in 2016. Photo: US Embassy Jerusalem/flickr/CC

Human rights advocates warned Monday that the Biden administration is deepening U.S. complicity in the Netanyahu regime’s ongoing massacre of civilians in Gaza by attempting to push through a $735 million sale of so-called “precision-guided weapons” to Israel.

The Washington Post reported Monday that the Biden administration officially notified Congress of the sale on May 5, just days before Israeli forces began their latest bombardment of Gaza last week—an assault that has killed nearly 200 Palestinians, wounded more than 1,200, and displaced tens of thousands. Continue reading →