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US Congresswoman urges Senate to block $2.8bn US bomb sale to Israel
US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has called on the Senate to block the Trump administration’s planned sale of $2.8bn in bombs to Israel.
“As Israel’s defence minister pledges to ‘finish the job’ of genocide in Gaza, the Trump admin is sending the apartheid regime $2.8bn of bombs, using your tax dollars,” the Palestinian American lawmaker said in a post on X.
Tlaib said the proposed sale comprised 40,000 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds each.
“The Senate must act to block this sale immediately,” she added.
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‘Outrageous lies’: How Israeli voters are shrugging off Western sanctions
Israeli politicians reacted to sanctions by states including the United Kingdom, France, and Canada on the country’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank with self-righteous anger. But what is the latest example of Israel’s international isolation brought on by its treatment of the Palestinian people has not been influential in swaying the electorate in the run-up to October’s elections, analysts tell Al Jazeera.
Responding to the UK Foreign Minister Ed Miliband’s accusation that Israelis were ethnically cleansing the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Gideon Saar accused his counterpart of spreading “outrageous lies” and attempting to interfere in the election through foreign pressure.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog also condemned the measures, branding them a “gross interference in the democratic elections” of Israel.
But, in reality, the majority of Jewish Israelis have supported their country’s genocidal war in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank.
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Smotrich repeats call to replicate West Bank settlement policies in further areas
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has vowed to expand Israel’s West Bank settlement policies to northern and southern Israel, in response to an alleged espionage case reported by Israeli media.
“It’s time to bring the revolution in Judea and Samaria to the Galilee and the Negev, in order to save the State of Israel from the next October 7,” Smotrich said on X, referring to Judea and Samaria to mean the West Bank, and Negev for southern Israel, and Galilee for the north.
These two areas in Israel are where Palestinian Arab and Jewish populations overlap, and where Smotrich said he seeks Jewish supremacy through new settlements.
Smotrich mentioned that in the town of Majd al-Krum people chanted “Long live Palestine” this week, echoing fears of a domestic attack. “There are forces there that see the State of Israel as an enemy that must be fought”, the minister wrote.
Earlier this year, Smotrich said he was being pursued by the International Criminal Court who he said have issued a warrant for his arrest.
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Israeli army faces severe troop shortage, prepares to suspend leave: Israeli media
The Israeli army is facing a “severe shortage” of troops and military equipment after three years of war and is preparing to suspend soldiers’ leave, Israeli newspaper Maariv reports.
“The Israeli army does not have enough tanks and armored personnel carriers,” Maariv’s report adds, saying that three years of war had worn down the vehicles and that hundreds had been damaged.
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Qatar responds to claims from Israeli media about the destination of resources delivered to Gaza
Qatar is denying allegations it says appeared in Israeli media that humanitarian aid it sent to Gaza reached Hamas, saying the reports were fabricated.
“Reports circulating in the Israeli media about the destination of humanitarian aid provided by Qatar to Gaza are categorically false,” an official statement from Qatar’s International Media Office said.
“Qatar has never provided money to Hamas,” it added.
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