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As Freed #Palestinians Describe #Torture, Trump OKs $3 Billion #Arms Package for #Israel

Like the #Biden administration, Trump is claiming an "emergency" in order to bypass Congress.

Brett Wilkins, Feb 28, 2025

"As #Palestinians released from Israeli imprisonment recount torture and other abuse suffered at the hands of their former captors, the Trump administration on Friday approved a new $3 billion weapons package for Israel.

"The new package, reported by Zeteo's Prem Thakker, includes nearly $2.716 billion worth of bombs and weapons guidance kits, as well as $295 million in bulldozers. The Trump administration said that 'an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale,' allowing it to bypass Congress, as the #Biden administration did on multiple occasions. However, the weapons won't be delivered until 2026 or 2027.

"From October 2023 to October 2024, Israel received a record $17.9 billion worth of U.S. arms as it waged a war of annihilation against the #GazaStrip that left more than 170,000 #Palestinians dead, maimed, or missing and millions more displaced, starved, or sickened. Israel is facing #genocide allegations in an International Court of Justice case brought by South Africa. The International Criminal Court has also issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister #YoavGallant.

"Reporting on the new package came after U.S. Sen. #BernieSanders (I-Vt.) on Monday announced an effort to block four other arms sales totaling $8.56 billion in offensive American weaponry to Israel.

"Meanwhile, some of the approximately 1,000 Palestinians released by Israel as part of a prisoner swap described grim stories of abuse by Israeli forces. The former detainees, who were arrested but never charged with any crimes, 'have returned visibly malnourished and scarred by the physical and psychological torture they say they faced in Israeli prisons,' according to The Washington Post. Some returned to what were once their homes to find them destroyed and their relatives killed or wounded by Israeli forces.

"Eyas al-Bursh, a doctor volunteering at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City when he was captured by Israeli troops, was held in Sde Teiman and the Ofer military prison in the illegally occupied West Bank for 11 months.

"'The places where we were held were harsh, sleep was impossible, and we remained handcuffed and blindfolded,' al-Bursh told the Post.

"'We endured psychological and physical torture without a single day of respite—whether through beatings, abuse, punches, or even verbal insults and humiliation,' he added.

"The #IsraelDefenseForces told the Post that it 'acts in accordance with Israeli and international law in order to protect the rights of the detainees held in the detention and questioning facilities.'"

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-arms-to-israel
#BibiIsAWarCriminal #TrumpIsAWarCriminal #NoWeaponsForGenocide #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreePalestine #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #IDF

As Freed #Palestinians Describe #Torture, Trump OKs $3 Billion #Arms Package for #Israel

Like the #Biden administration, Trump is claiming an "emergency" in order to bypass Congress.

Brett Wilkins, Feb 28, 2025

"As #Palestinians released from Israeli imprisonment recount torture and other abuse suffered at the hands of their former captors, the Trump administration on Friday approved a new $3 billion weapons package for Israel.

"The new package, reported by Zeteo's Prem Thakker, includes nearly $2.716 billion worth of bombs and weapons guidance kits, as well as $295 million in bulldozers. The Trump administration said that 'an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale,' allowing it to bypass Congress, as the #Biden administration did on multiple occasions. However, the weapons won't be delivered until 2026 or 2027.

"From October 2023 to October 2024, Israel received a record $17.9 billion worth of U.S. arms as it waged a war of annihilation against the #GazaStrip that left more than 170,000 #Palestinians dead, maimed, or missing and millions more displaced, starved, or sickened. Israel is facing #genocide allegations in an International Court of Justice case brought by South Africa. The International Criminal Court has also issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister #YoavGallant.

"Reporting on the new package came after U.S. Sen. #BernieSanders (I-Vt.) on Monday announced an effort to block four other arms sales totaling $8.56 billion in offensive American weaponry to Israel.

"Meanwhile, some of the approximately 1,000 Palestinians released by Israel as part of a prisoner swap described grim stories of abuse by Israeli forces. The former detainees, who were arrested but never charged with any crimes, 'have returned visibly malnourished and scarred by the physical and psychological torture they say they faced in Israeli prisons,' according to The Washington Post. Some returned to what were once their homes to find them destroyed and their relatives killed or wounded by Israeli forces.

"Eyas al-Bursh, a doctor volunteering at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City when he was captured by Israeli troops, was held in Sde Teiman and the Ofer military prison in the illegally occupied West Bank for 11 months.

"'The places where we were held were harsh, sleep was impossible, and we remained handcuffed and blindfolded,' al-Bursh told the Post.

"'We endured psychological and physical torture without a single day of respite—whether through beatings, abuse, punches, or even verbal insults and humiliation,' he added.

"The #IsraelDefenseForces told the Post that it 'acts in accordance with Israeli and international law in order to protect the rights of the detainees held in the detention and questioning facilities.'"

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-arms-to-israel
#BibiIsAWarCriminal #TrumpIsAWarCriminal #NoWeaponsForGenocide #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreePalestine #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #IDF

Hey, just like with #BibiIsAWarCriminal ! He bombs civilians and we give him more money and weapons!

#Nigeria’s Military Gets Billions in U.S. Aid. On Christmas Day, It Bombed Its Own Civilians Again.

Rep. Sara Jacobs is trying to raise the alarm about the key U.S. ally's conduct after the Christmas strike killed 10 civilians.

Nick Turse
January 6 2025

"The Nigerian military has a long history of killing civilians in its battle against militants and 'bandits,' and has repeatedly denied responsibility for airstrikes that have killed innocent people. It has frequently been accused of covering up civilian deaths, as well, including running what a 2023 investigation by Nigeria’s Premium Times called 'a systemic propaganda scheme to keep the atrocities of its troops under wraps.'

[...]

"Between 2000 and 2022, the U.S. provided, facilitated, or approved more than $2 billion in security aid, including weapons and equipment sales, to Nigeria, according to a report by Brown University’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies and the Center for International Policy’s Security Assistance Monitor, a Washington think tank. This includes the delivery of 12 Super Tucano warplanes as part of a $593 million package, approved by the State Department in 2017, that also included bombs and rockets."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/06/nigeria-airstrike-civilian-deaths/

#NoWeaponsForGenocide #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #HumanRightsViolations #Genocide

Hey, just like with #BibiIsAWarCriminal ! He bombs civilians and we give him more money and weapons!

#Nigeria’s Military Gets Billions in U.S. Aid. On Christmas Day, It Bombed Its Own Civilians Again.

Rep. Sara Jacobs is trying to raise the alarm about the key U.S. ally's conduct after the Christmas strike killed 10 civilians.

Nick Turse
January 6 2025

"The Nigerian military has a long history of killing civilians in its battle against militants and 'bandits,' and has repeatedly denied responsibility for airstrikes that have killed innocent people. It has frequently been accused of covering up civilian deaths, as well, including running what a 2023 investigation by Nigeria’s Premium Times called 'a systemic propaganda scheme to keep the atrocities of its troops under wraps.'

[...]

"Between 2000 and 2022, the U.S. provided, facilitated, or approved more than $2 billion in security aid, including weapons and equipment sales, to Nigeria, according to a report by Brown University’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies and the Center for International Policy’s Security Assistance Monitor, a Washington think tank. This includes the delivery of 12 Super Tucano warplanes as part of a $593 million package, approved by the State Department in 2017, that also included bombs and rockets."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/06/nigeria-airstrike-civilian-deaths/

#NoWeaponsForGenocide #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #HumanRightsViolations #Genocide

Israel is fighting for European/Western values and must be defended at all costs.

I am sure none of those repeating the lies of Israel about mass rape during October 7 actions will say anything negative about "Israeli military rights to rape hostage".

It's antisemitic to condemn Israeli systematic use of rape and sexual abuse. Because it limits Israel's right to defend itself.

#Hypocrisy #Inhumanity #RapeIsNotDefence #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BoycotIsrael #SaveGaza #SaveLebanon #PeaceNow #StopGenocide #HoldIsraelAccountable #BoMoneyForGenocide #NoWeaponsForGenocide

Israel is fighting for European/Western values and must be defended at all costs.

I am sure none of those repeating the lies of Israel about mass rape during October 7 actions will say anything negative about "Israeli military rights to rape hostage".

It's antisemitic to condemn Israeli systematic use of rape and sexual abuse. Because it limits Israel's right to defend itself.

#Hypocrisy #Inhumanity #RapeIsNotDefence #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BoycotIsrael #SaveGaza #SaveLebanon #PeaceNow #StopGenocide #HoldIsraelAccountable #BoMoneyForGenocide #NoWeaponsForGenocide

It's a small step towards the right direction.

The world needs to start treating Israel as a rogue nation ruled by extreme right wing fanatics and nationalists.

#Israel #Velgium #BDS #ICK #NoWeaponsForGenocide #BoycottIsrael #Gaza #Genocide

It's a small step towards the right direction.

The world needs to start treating Israel as a rogue nation ruled by extreme right wing fanatics and nationalists.

#Israel #Velgium #BDS #ICK #NoWeaponsForGenocide #BoycottIsrael #Gaza #Genocide