Israeli officials are confirming tonight that planned shipments of Hellfire missiles to the Israeli military have been halted by US officials, amid reports Israel had “quietly” been getting arms from a Pentagon stockpile without White House permission.
Tensions between the US and Israel were already rising, centering around Israeli condemnation of Secretary of State John Kerry’s effort to negotiate a ceasefire, the apparent end-around in acquiring arms from the Pentagon stockpile in Israel only added to the distrust.
Particularly onerous to US officials was that Israel had just secured a promise for $225 million in addition Iron Dome funding from Congress, and then took the $3 million worth of lethal rounds from the Pentagon stockpile in the middle of the ceasefire efforts.
The Pentagon is maintaining that the entire process was appropriate, and that the Israeli Defense Ministry didn’t need approval from President Obama or from the US State Department to access the “emergency” stockpile. That they did so, however, seems to have cost them a massive Hellfire shipment.
Just so much Kabuki for the public. Obama will fold and eventually send the Hellfire missiles, he might throw in Pollard to make amends. I remember when Obama demanded a halt to all new settlements a few years ago but after pressure from the Lobby quietly dropped any serious discussion about the issue. They were even building additional settlements during the Kerry "peace" talks. Let's face it Obama is owned by the zionists.
I'm sure not for long though unfortunately.
They may put a hit on President Obama for stopping the arms transfer and in any event the US will have to stop due to petitions against using arms to murder civilians.
Iron dome is a hoax. Cancel the money. Israel builds illegal settlements, kills people, lies about everything. This so called special relationship carries the weight of ten million anvils around our necks. US needs to shake the parasite off with one big shudder.
Benjamin Netanyahu will now go to plan B, pick a fight with Hezbollah….see we really these weapons the terrorists are trying to “wipe us off the map.”
OB is arming the Leb army, Hezb makes up a large part of the Leb Govt – Hezb gets more items to use on the disobedient yahoo.
it really is amazing, you hear endlessly about how powerful israel is, about what an amazing military they have and how they can take on every one.
but then they wage a war on a small group of militants that they have imprisoned in a blockaded city and they run out of ammo right away.
Ammunition of all kinds is very expensive, more so than the weapons themselves. The Israelis don't pay for theirs. They have very little ammo, for less than five days fighting.
Instead, the US maintains in Israel stockpiles of "our" ammo of all the kinds Israel may need. It is freely available to them, as part of the agreements to put it there. This involves billions of dollars of ammo, constantly more.
Just last year we added $800 million more to the stockpiles in Israel, an extra quarter of all aid to Israel. We just don't count it because it is still ours, even if it is in Israel and for their use.
When we cut them off, we are shutting down their supply. We are their whole supply. Obama has done something must more than it is reported, but for the same reason he won't be able to make it stick any more than he can end the settlements.
It is amazing how warped your left wing brains are. Firstly, Israel is waging a war against terrorists who are bent set on wiping her off the face of the world. Secondly, why do you think the armament is there for? Third, do you know that ammo has a shelf life and loses its potency if not used in that time? So, if Israel does not use it the US would actually have an onerous task of having to dispose off this stockpile. Ever thought how much all that costs?