The US State Department has formally informed the Congress that they are proceeding with more than $ 8 billion in arms sales to Israel, ignoring an informal review process that was going on House Foreign Affairs Committee,
US President Donald Trump came to the step two days after the meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and discussed plans for Gaza’s future.
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As The New York Times reported, Pentagon announced on Friday that the Arms package had 3,000 Helphier Air-TU-ground missiles of $ 660 million, as well as a price of $ 6.75 billion with bombs and guidance kits.
Sales also include artillery shells, but the Pentagon did not issue a public statement about that part of the deal.
The Biden administration originally proposed a $ 8 billion package in early January and presented it to review the informal Congress. While the top Republican MPs and a Democratic Senator approved the sales, the representative Gregory Meex, the ranking on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, organized the process to request additional information.
Despite the concerns of Meekss, the state department proceeded with sales after being in informal reviews for more than 20 days, standard periods for such ideas.
Meeks criticized the administration rapidly, stating that “the long -standing Congress privilege” was shown by proceeding without addressing the questions of MPs.
According to the New York Times, he said, “I continue to support Israel’s important military needs as it faces a series of regional threats,” but argued that the administration failed to provide sufficient documents or justification.
Trump has taken several steps to increase Israel’s military capabilities. At the end of January, he made a grip on sending a bomb of 2,000 pounds to Israel, which stopped under the biden due to concerns over civilian casualties. Trump defended the verdict, saying, “Because he bought them.”
This latest arms transfer is expected to move forward without significant obstacles, as the Congress would require a two-thirds majority in both the House and the Senate to block sales, an unexpected landscape was given Republican Banking.
Meanwhile, a separate Israeli request to buy 5,000 American-made assault rifles remains under the Congress review, and the sale of additional weapons in the coming weeks may be proposed.
