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US Senate rejects Bernie Sanders-led effort to block arms sales to Israel

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, February 26, 2025.

US State Department approves $2 billion arms sale to Qatar

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Rows of 500 pound, 1000 pound and 2000 pound bombs on the hangar deck of a ship.

Amid truce concerns, US plans emergency $3 billion Israel arms deals

A battle tank with the Israeli flag on a background of US dollar banknotes (illustrative)

Can Israel divorce from its weapons dependency on the US?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Aviation ordonancemen stand next to JSOW (Joint Standoff Weapon) (left) and JDAM satellite guided bombs (right) aboard the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in the northern Gulf April 9, 2003

Trump admin. asks congress to approve new $1b. arms sales to Israel

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Arrow 3 air defense system, used for the first time on November 9, 2023, to intercept a missile fired at Eilat by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.

Israel's defense industry set to reach historic record in weapon sales

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Presiding judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua, Judge Tomoko Akane, and Judge Kimberly Prost prepare to deliver the verdict in the case of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, June 26, 2024.

Dutch court rejects bid to stop arms exports to Israel

By REUTERS

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir asks the District Court in Jerusalem to bar the showing of an expose against him, November 10, 2024

Looking at Itamar Ben-Gvir's gun reform one year later and the tensions it has created

By EFRAT FORSHER

THE PILOTS – who put their lives on the line so we, the majority, can sleep safely at night – feel that the country to which they have committed their lives is changing.

A global arms race: Israel's air force seeks post-ceasefire weapons supplies

By MAARIV

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a press conference regarding legislation that would block offensive U.S. weapons sales to Israel, with Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Peter Welch (D-VT) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 19, 2024.

Senate defeats legislation to block sale of some offensive weapons to Israel

By HANNAH SARISOHN

US Senator Bernie Sanders addresses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement posted to X, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Sanders to bring legislation blocking sale of certain arms to Israel next week

By HANNAH SARISOHN

People walk next to a ship with a United Arab Emirates makeshift hospital for Gazans, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, docked in Egypt's Al-Arish sea port, July 26, 2024.

Egypt denies assisting Israel's military operations amid reports about explosives shipment

By REUTERS

U.S. President Joe Biden, flanked by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, makes a statement to the news media ahead of a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2023.

Biden receives hundreds of reports that US weapons caused 'unnecessary harm' in Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel Air Force jets practicing aerial refuelling as part of readiness preparations, August 15, 2024.

Australia reviewing at least 66 defense-related export permits to Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A soldier gestures near the border with Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, December 4, 2023

Facing the possibility of more weapons embargoes, Israel copes

By KEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz during her visit to Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 6, 2024.

Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz talks with citizens during an event in Magdeburg, Germany, August 25, 2022.

Germany delays selling weapons to Israel but continues sales to Qatar, sparking criticism

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

AfD members sit in voting booths on the day of the European election assembly 2023 of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Magdeburg, Germany, July 29, 2023.

Israel’s dilemma: Navigating relations with Germany’s rising political extremes