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BumRushDaShow

(146,207 posts)
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 05:55 PM Saturday

White House makes 2,000-pound bombs available to Israel, undoing Biden's pause

Source: Reuters

January 25, 2025 2:21 PM EST Updated 3 hours ago


WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's White House has instructed the U.S. military to release a hold imposed by the Biden administration on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, a White House source told Reuters on Saturday.

The move was widely expected. Biden put the hold on the delivery of those bombs due to concern over the impact they could have in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. A ceasefire to halt the war was recently agreed.

The Biden administration's particular concern had been over the use of such large bombs in the city of Rafah, where more than one million Palestinians in Gaza had taken refuge.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-makes-2000-pound-bombs-available-israel-undoing-bidens-pause-2025-01-25/



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White House makes 2,000-pound bombs available to Israel, undoing Biden's pause (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Saturday OP
2000 pounders... when 1000 pounds just isn't enough. WarGamer Saturday #1
There's no policy behind anything he does, it's all obliterating anything Democrats stand for. bucolic_frolic Saturday #2
I'm sure that Jill Stein will reverse this Pototan Saturday #3
I suspect that all along DENVERPOPS Saturday #10
maybe should have dropped them on "uncommitted" voters rampartd Saturday #4
All of those people MLWR Saturday #5
Biden paused that delivery in JULY. LisaM Saturday #6
Thank you. But they won't listen. betsuni Monday #15
"Let 'em do whatever the hell they want." Sounds like a demented, sociopathic sadist to me. Evolve Dammit Saturday #7
This will be the thing to watch! in2herbs Saturday #8
Voted for trump because they didn't like Biden support of Bibi re Gaza? Happy now? Hekate Saturday #9
A word for those who didn't vote for Harris/Walz because of Biden's policies ... Stupid! plus: defacto7 Saturday #11
Why does Israel need even more bombs? They have already reduced Gaza to ruins. Are they for the West Bank now? Lonestarblue Sunday #12
Hey, Muslim Americans. Remember what you said. You wanted to make sure she knew it was your Baitball Blogger Sunday #13
Seriously, what's left to bomb? And why don't they go all-out and use tactical nukes? n/t malthaussen Sunday #14
Where are the protestors? No cute nickname for Trump? Only for Genocide Joe and Killer Kamala? betsuni Monday #16

DENVERPOPS

(10,523 posts)
10. I suspect that all along
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 08:47 PM
Saturday

Jill Stein has been Trump's "back channel" connection to Putin.....among others

Remember all the U.S. Senators that dined with Putin, in Russia, for July 4th???????

rampartd

(1,307 posts)
4. maybe should have dropped them on "uncommitted" voters
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 06:01 PM
Saturday

why vote for the people who are trying to slow down the destruction?

MLWR

(53 posts)
5. All of those people
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 06:01 PM
Saturday

who just couldn't vote for Harris/Walz because Gaza, take note. If on top of that, you actually voted for trump/vance, take note.

LisaM

(28,886 posts)
6. Biden paused that delivery in JULY.
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 06:13 PM
Saturday

I have said it before, and I stand by it, that no one wanted this war to end more than Biden. To lay the blame on his administration was no more than falling for propaganda. Unfortunately, lots of people did.

in2herbs

(3,370 posts)
8. This will be the thing to watch!
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 06:45 PM
Saturday

An article dated January 21, 2025 in ForeignPolicy.com, gives a reason why the cease fire brokered by Biden between Israel and Gaza is something we should follow. The final sentence of the article states:

If fighting in Gaza resumes after the first six-week phase of the current cease-fire, and Trump continues to provide Israel with arms and military aid as it again bombs and starves Palestinian civilians, he could also be charged with aiding and abetting Israeli war crimes.”

Bold is mine.

Edit: The cited article explains that this is action The Hague/ICC could take against F47.

defacto7

(13,745 posts)
11. A word for those who didn't vote for Harris/Walz because of Biden's policies ... Stupid! plus:
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 09:01 PM
Saturday

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among others.

Lonestarblue

(12,155 posts)
12. Why does Israel need even more bombs? They have already reduced Gaza to ruins. Are they for the West Bank now?
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 08:02 AM
Sunday

The NYT reported today that Trump has asked jordan and Egypt to take in all the Palestinians from Gaza, which means that they will never be allowed to return and Israel will continue their illegal theft of Palestinian lands by handing them over to Israeli settlers. Without Gaza, Palestinians will never have a country of their own, especially as Israel is now killing more of them in the West Bank. The latest atrocity was an IDF soldier who shot a 2-year-old in the head, claiming he was firing at militants.

I support Israel’s right to exist in their own country as determined in 1948. I do not support their constant theft of Palestinian lands. And yes both sides have been aggressors in this never-ending war, but Palestinians had lived in Palestine for many hundreds of years. European Jews had not, and naturally resisted someone taking their lands from them. The British handled the situation badly, as did nearby Arab nations. Better negotiations at the time might have spared a lot of bloodshed.

Baitball Blogger

(48,876 posts)
13. Hey, Muslim Americans. Remember what you said. You wanted to make sure she knew it was your
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 11:47 AM
Sunday

doing that Trump won.

betsuni

(27,404 posts)
16. Where are the protestors? No cute nickname for Trump? Only for Genocide Joe and Killer Kamala?
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 05:30 AM
Monday
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