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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump makes 2,000-pound bombs available to Israel, undoing Biden pause
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump said on Saturday he has instructed the U.S. military to release a hold imposed by Democratic former President Joe Biden on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.
The move was widely expected.
"We released them. We released them today. And they'll have them. They paid for them and they've been waiting for them for a long time. They've been in storage," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
Biden put the hold on the delivery of those bombs due to concern over the impact they could have on the civilian population, particularly in Gaza's Rafah, during Israel's war in the Palestinian enclave.
One 2,000-pound bomb can rip through thick concrete and metal, creating a wide blast radius. Reuters reported last year that the Biden administration had sent thousands of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Palestinian Hamas militants from Gaza but had put a hold on one shipment.
The move was widely expected.
"We released them. We released them today. And they'll have them. They paid for them and they've been waiting for them for a long time. They've been in storage," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
Biden put the hold on the delivery of those bombs due to concern over the impact they could have on the civilian population, particularly in Gaza's Rafah, during Israel's war in the Palestinian enclave.
One 2,000-pound bomb can rip through thick concrete and metal, creating a wide blast radius. Reuters reported last year that the Biden administration had sent thousands of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Palestinian Hamas militants from Gaza but had put a hold on one shipment.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-makes-2-000-192133411.html
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Trump makes 2,000-pound bombs available to Israel, undoing Biden pause (Original Post)
In It to Win It
Jan 26
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chicoescuela
(1,839 posts)1. Sure, bomb the piss out of the region. What could possibly go wrong.
Bibi won’t be able to contain himself
RandomNumbers
(18,396 posts)2. Wonder how the "3rd party because Gaza" folks
are feeling about this?
Oh that's right, they have no idea how US elections work, so they probably won't get how their own actions helped get us here.
malaise
(280,734 posts)3. We the dispensable people
Killing more Palestinians counts for very little in the West.
BannonsLiver
(18,648 posts)4. Remember when they called him "Genocide Joe"
Seems almost quaint now. Bet there’s a lot of regret from the clowns who stayed home on Nov 5. Too bad, I suppose.
samsingh
(17,965 posts)5. i hope the pro-palestinian voters who supported trump enjoy this.