cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26671382

Brett Wilkins
Feb 28, 2025

As Palestinians released from #Israeli imprisonment recount torture and other abuse suffered at the hands of their former captors, the Trump administration on Friday approved a new $3 billion weapons package for #Israel.

The new package, reported by Zeteo’s Prem Thakker, includes nearly $2.716 billion worth of bombs and weapons guidance kits, as well as $295 million in bulldozers.

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    1 day ago

    To be perfectly honest, I was genuinely hoping the rhetoric was to a large degree a smokescreen to placate AIPAC. It’s entirely possible I was wrong on that front, but we’ll never know.