▲ 821 ▼ Trump plan to end free elections in 2026 and 2028 revealed (www.peoplesworld.org) submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by udc@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 425 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Israel is, depending on who you ask, between the 8th and 10th largest arms dealer in the world. #8 https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/13/us-top-weapons-exports-china-russia/ #9 https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2024-03/fs_2403_at_2023.pdf https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/arms_exports/ They also don't need our bombs to kill kids and people at aid stations, sniper bullets are cheap. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2608684/middle-east https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/2024-06-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/in-a-single-hour-israeli-snipers-killed-seven-bystanders-at-the-jenin-refugee-camp/00000190-16fe-d231-a1b2-f6ff7d4e0000 https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221362655/a-gaza-patriarchate-says-israeli-troops-killed-2-women-and-injured-7-others-at-p permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago Yeah, and the US is #1 with 43% of all arms sales. Israel could not arm itself without the US. If they were forced to rely on domestic production they'd run out of bombs, and they have admitted this. Israel is the USs dog and Biden could stop them whenever he wanted. He didn't because he was an active collaborator in their genocide. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago Yeah, and the US is #1 with 43% of all arms sales. Israel could not arm itself without the US. If they were forced to rely on domestic production they'd run out of bombs, and they have admitted this. Israel is the USs dog and Biden could stop them whenever he wanted. He didn't because he was an active collaborator in their genocide. permalink fedilink source parent