The administration of US President Donald Trump announced this Saturday the approval of an important sale of weapons to Israel worth 4,000 million dollars.
“I have signed a statement to use the emergency authorities in order to accelerate the delivery of approximately 4,000 million dollars in military assistance to Israel,” said the Secretary of State, Marco Rubioin a statement.
The Emergency Declaration issued by the Head of American Diplomacy It allows the State Department to avoid the review of the sale by Congress.
With this new package, the sale of weapons to Israel by the new Trump administration amounts to almost $ 12,000 million.
The acceleration of the arms supply adds to the decision of Trump of January 25 of defrosting the shipment to the Hebrero state of a cargo of 1,800 MK-84 bombs, of 900 kilos each, which had been paralyzed by its predecessor, Joe Biden.
“The decision to reverse the partial embargo of weapons of the Biden administration, which unduly retained a series of weapons and ammunition to Israel, is another sign that Israel does not have a more important ally in the White House than President Trump,” said Rubio in the statement.
Although Biden supported the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip and kept the armament supply, he decided to paralyze in May 2024 the sending of these mass bombs for fear that they were used in densely populated areas of Rafah, south of the enclave.
