Prominent American Democrats approve of arms sales to Israel
According to the international group Tasnim News Agency
, The Washington Post reported, quoting three knowledgeable sources who asked not to be named, Two prominent Democratic representatives of the US Congress agreed to sell important weapons to Israel, including 50 fighter jets F-15They announced a value of more than 18 billion dollars.
According to this report, Gregory Meeks and Senator Ben Cardin, Democratic Senator from Maryland and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, signed this agreement under great pressure from the Biden administration in while they had refused to sign it for months.
Eric Harris, director of communications for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a conversation with the Washington Post that any issues or concerns raised by Senator Cardin through ongoing consultations with the Biden administration have been addressed. Attention is drawn to why Senator Cardin feels it is the right thing to do to allow this matter to proceed.
According to the Washington Post report, Gregory Meeks admitted in a conversation with this publication that he was in close contact with the White House about this issue. and asked them to put pressure on the Israeli regime to carry out more humanitarian actions and efforts and civilian casualties in the Gaza war. He believes that F-15 fighters “background-color:white”> It should not be handed over to Israel until the next years.
At the same time, US President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from other members of the Democratic Party to The reason for the unquestioning and unhesitating support of the aggressor regime of Israel is during the eight-month war in Gaza, which has so far resulted in the death of more than 37 thousand innocent Palestinian civilians and the displacement of nearly 2.3 million people. . Biden has also pressured both sides of the war to achieve peace and establish a ceasefire.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden said: He is not sure that a ceasefire agreement can be reached in Gaza, but he has not lost hope. is.
He added: With his colleagues in the Group of 7, the three-stage agreement that the Americans have prepared, which includes the cessation of hostilities, first temporarily and then permanently, withdrawal The gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and the reconstruction of the besieged Palestinian area have been discussed.. “RTL” style=”text-align:justify”>At the same time, the American Associated Press news agency wrote in a study that it conducted that families Many Palestinians have completely disappeared in the Gaza Strip, and in some families, four generations of one family have been completely destroyed (due to the bombing of the Israeli regime)..
Many families Almost no one registers the statistics of their victims, and thousands of people cannot identify all of these victims; Because many of the martyrs’ bodies are still under the rubble.
According to this news agency’s research, between October 7 (October 15) and December 24 (Azer), Israeli airstrikes ( before the start of the invasion and massive ground attack) killed more than 500 people.
also The US State Department admitted that the best way to resolve the situation in the north (the border of occupied Palestine and Lebanon) is to establish a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
On the other hand, John Kirby, the spokesman of the US National Security Council said: We are concerned about the escalation of tension in the north (Occupied Palestine) and for this reason we will continue direct talks and intensive diplomatic efforts with Lebanon and Israel.
while the media of the Zionist regime described the visit of the special representative of the US government to the region as disappointing for the Zionists. .
Hochstein told the Zionist authorities that if there is an agreement (ceasefire) in the Gaza Strip, there is a possibility of practical negotiations with Lebanon.
The media of the Zionist regime also reported today that the envoy of the American President Joe Biden warned Lebanon that Israel’s war with Hezbollah may lead to the reaction of all side with Iran, which Israel will not be able to repel.
Israeli regime in During the 255 days of the war against the Gaza Strip, according to the official statistics of the Gaza Ministry of Health, 37,337 people were martyred and 85,299 people were injured. The continuation of this war has caused the dishonor of the Israeli regime and its isolation at the global level and the escalation of internal disputes, as a result of which Netanyahu’s war cabinet was dissolved.
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