Source: Common Dreams
“After a year of outrage over U.S. support for Israel’s devastating assault on the Gaza Strip, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday that the Biden administration threatened to cut off U.S. weapons if the Israeli government does not ‘take urgent and sustained actions’ to improve humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian territory within 30 days. The October 13 letter from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is addressed to Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer. Axios reporter Barak Ravid published images of the letter on social media and The Washington Post reported that ‘its authenticity was confirmed by U.S. and Israeli officials.’ Blinken and Austin noted requirements under federal law (which critics of the war have often cited in arguments that continuing to provide Israel with weapons is illegal) and National Security Memorandum 20, which President Joe Biden issued in February.” (10/15/24)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-sending-weapons-to-israel