US Bypasses Congress for $6.5 Billion Israel Arms Deal Amid Civilian Deaths

Bypass of Congressional Oversight

• 🇺🇸 The Trump administration has bypassed Congress for a massive arms deal to Israel, marking the third such instance.
• 💰 The State Department announced a $6.5 billion weapons aid package, including Apache helicopters and combat vehicles, without explicit congressional authorization.
• 🏛️ This move circumvented the norm of waiting for approval from top members of the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees.
• 🗣️ Representative Gregory Meeks criticized the Trump administration for disregarding congressional oversight and standing practice.

Criticism of Bipartisan Support

• 💔 The hosts argue that both the Trump and Biden administrations have repeatedly provided aid to Israel, suggesting a lack of partisan difference on this issue.
• 🧐 They contend that the government is "occupied" and controlled by Israel, with both parties cowering to its demands.
• 💸 The standard $3.8 billion annual aid package, part of a memorandum of understanding signed by Obama, is automatically in the budget and difficult to challenge.

Unaccounted-for Aid

• 📈 Beyond the standard aid, the video highlights additional sums like $21.7 billion from Biden and $8 billion and $4 billion from Biden/Trump, with no clear record of congressional votes.
• ❓ The recent $6.5 billion deal adds to this total of undeclared and unvoted-upon funding, totaling over $18 billion not accounted for by congressional votes.
• 🚨 The implication is that Israel is