Biden ignores Congress and sends more bombs to Israel.
As the new year begins and for the second time this month the Biden administration is sending more weapons to Israel for their brutal siege of Gaza.
No Congressional approval is requested.
Biden made an emergency declaration under the Arms Export Control Act that skipped normal congressional review channels.
Going around Congress suggests to me that Biden recognizes that there is decreasing political and public support for what Israel is doing and for America’s role as Israel’s primary arms supplier.
Even usual progressive supporters of Israel in Congress, like Elizabeth Warren, are expressing their concern.
A Democratic Party split over aid to Israel will not help Biden win a second term against Trump which already has Trump leading Biden in the polls.
Aside from the political implications of ignoring Congress, there is the human toll of what Israel has been doing in its war to eradicate Palestinians in Gaza.
Some of the deadliest Israeli attacks of the war have been carried out with U.S. weapons, including an October 31 airstrike with 2,000-pound bombs on the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp.
On December 9, the Biden administration made another emergency determination to ignore Congress and approve the sale to Israel.