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 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes a statement during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2024.

US State Dept moves $1b. weapons aid for Israel to congressional review, US official says

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets PA head Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, in 2022. Biden has proposed restoring the Palestinian Authority in Gaza and reaping peace with Saudi Arabia, the writer notes.

Republicans paint Biden as terrorist sympathizer

 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

US has been holding up several weapons shipments to Israel for two weeks, source says

By REUTERS
 House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) questions Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin during a hearing on alleged "Russian war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine," on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 19, 2023.

Democratic congressman: Wants ‘assurances’ before approving sale of fighter jets to Israel

By BEN SALES/JTA
 US President Joe Biden speaks to US Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as he arrives in San Francisco, California, US February 21, 2024.

Pelosi joins call for Biden to stop transfer of US weapons to Israel

By REUTERS
 People protest on Vauxhall Bridge during a march in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, November 11, 2023.

Egyptian counter-terrorism specialist argues that not selling weapons to Israel is antisemitic

 An Israeli soldier walks next to items found inside a workshop which they claim was used for weapon production and located on the lower floors of a residential building in the northern Gaza Strip, November 8, 2023.

US week approved transfer of thousands of bombs to Israel this week, official says

By REUTERS
 Members of the Palestine Action group, upon breaking into a Teledyne building in Shipley, UK.

Activists take sledgehammers to defense contractor building over Gaza

 Israel Air Force fighter jet F-15, at the Tel Nor airforce base. January 01, 2024.

US considers new arms deal with Israel amid criticism and divisions over policy

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken address the media at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, in January. It's incumbent upon Israel to avoid any further deterioration in the relationship with the US, the writer maintains.

Mixed messages coming from US on Israel weapons sales

 Illustrative image of a court gavel.

Dutch court's anti-Israel ruling is meaningless, but part of a dangerous trend

 U.S. President Joe Biden pauses during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

US requests Israeli commitment on American weapon use in Gaza, sets deadline for response

By Barak Ravid
 Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani walks near an Iranian missile during an unveiling ceremony in Tehran, Iran, in this picture obtained on February 17, 2024.

Iran sends Russia hundreds of ballistic missiles, sources say

By REUTERS
 Aerial view of the Australian Department of Defence main office complex in Canberra October 11, 2004.

Australia 'going slow' on Israel arms export requests

 Iranian-made Shahed-136 exploding UAVs prepared for launch as part of an exercise in Iran in December 2021.

Iran develops new high tech attack drone for Russia