US Secretary of State accelerates arms delivery to Israel
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signed a declaration aimed at accelerating the distribution of around $4 billion in military assistance to Israel. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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**Former President Biden Had Blocked Several Bomb Shipments Over the Gaza War**
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signed a declaration to facilitate the delivery of approximately $4 billion in military assistance to Israel, referring to President Donald Trump as the Jewish state’s great ally in a statement issued on Saturday.
This initiative is part of the White House’s overarching strategy to enhance Israel’s military capabilities in light of ongoing regional tensions. Since Trump assumed office on January 20, his administration has reportedly approved nearly $12 billion in significant foreign military sales to West Jerusalem.
“This important decision coincides with President Trump’s repeal of a Biden-era memorandum, which had imposed baseless and politicized conditions on military assistance to Israel at a time when our close ally was fighting a war of survival on multiple fronts against Iran and terror proxies,” Rubio stated on Saturday.
On Friday, the Pentagon announced that the State Department had approved the potential sale of nearly $3 billion worth of bombs, demolition kits, and other weaponry to Israel. This emergency approval bypassed the usual congressional review process and represents the second instance of expedited arms sales to Israel in recent weeks amid a tenuous ceasefire with Hamas militants—a conflict that has resulted in over 1,700 Israeli and 62,000 Palestinian fatalities.
The US serves as Israel’s largest arms supplier, providing more than two-thirds of the Jewish state’s weapons imports. Between October 2023 and October 2024, the US allocated $17.9 billion in military aid to Israel, according to the Costs of War Project at Brown University.
Last February, former President Joe Biden mandated that the Pentagon and the State Department “obtain certain assurances” regarding Israel’s use of US-made weapons in Gaza.
The resulting report indicated that the “nature of the conflict in Gaza makes it difficult to assess or reach conclusive findings on individual incidents” and noted that Washington had yet to receive “complete information to verify whether US defense articles” led to civilian casualties.
In May, Biden temporarily halted shipments of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel and stated that further weapons deliveries could be embargoed if the Israel Defense Forces proceeded with an invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza. Despite this, the IDF entered the city, and Biden ultimately lifted the temporary arms freeze.
The State Department praised the decision to reverse Biden’s “partial arms embargo” as “yet another sign that Israel has no greater ally in the White House than President Trump.” Secretary Rubio invoked emergency authority to expedite this assistance, emphasizing the national security interests of the United States.
Lucas Dupont contributed to this report for TROIB News
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signed a declaration to facilitate the delivery of approximately $4 billion in military assistance to Israel, referring to President Donald Trump as the Jewish state’s great ally in a statement issued on Saturday.
This initiative is part of the White House’s overarching strategy to enhance Israel’s military capabilities in light of ongoing regional tensions. Since Trump assumed office on January 20, his administration has reportedly approved nearly $12 billion in significant foreign military sales to West Jerusalem.
“This important decision coincides with President Trump’s repeal of a Biden-era memorandum, which had imposed baseless and politicized conditions on military assistance to Israel at a time when our close ally was fighting a war of survival on multiple fronts against Iran and terror proxies,” Rubio stated on Saturday.
On Friday, the Pentagon announced that the State Department had approved the potential sale of nearly $3 billion worth of bombs, demolition kits, and other weaponry to Israel. This emergency approval bypassed the usual congressional review process and represents the second instance of expedited arms sales to Israel in recent weeks amid a tenuous ceasefire with Hamas militants—a conflict that has resulted in over 1,700 Israeli and 62,000 Palestinian fatalities.
The US serves as Israel’s largest arms supplier, providing more than two-thirds of the Jewish state’s weapons imports. Between October 2023 and October 2024, the US allocated $17.9 billion in military aid to Israel, according to the Costs of War Project at Brown University.
Last February, former President Joe Biden mandated that the Pentagon and the State Department “obtain certain assurances” regarding Israel’s use of US-made weapons in Gaza.
The resulting report indicated that the “nature of the conflict in Gaza makes it difficult to assess or reach conclusive findings on individual incidents” and noted that Washington had yet to receive “complete information to verify whether US defense articles” led to civilian casualties.
In May, Biden temporarily halted shipments of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel and stated that further weapons deliveries could be embargoed if the Israel Defense Forces proceeded with an invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza. Despite this, the IDF entered the city, and Biden ultimately lifted the temporary arms freeze.
The State Department praised the decision to reverse Biden’s “partial arms embargo” as “yet another sign that Israel has no greater ally in the White House than President Trump.” Secretary Rubio invoked emergency authority to expedite this assistance, emphasizing the national security interests of the United States.
Lucas Dupont contributed to this report for TROIB News
