Why is the US still sending an endless supply of arms to Israel without conditions?
theguardian.com
The law ( the Leahy Law) requires that the US vet any foreign military receiving US arms. However, that doesn’t happen with Israel
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About 500 billion dollars worth of oil and gas is the answer.
Note the date
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-20/ty-article/.premium/u-s-to-push-israel-to-allow-gaza-offshore-gas-reserves-to-revitalize-palestinian-economy/0000018b-ed90-ddc3-afdb-fdd1ff250000
You read "help" I read "colonialist looting". Guess only time will tell
Pasting from my reply elsewhere in the thread
The main issue is as soon as the Genocide started all talk of aid and economy building went out the window.
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The US just wants access to the gas reserves, they don't care who controls it, as long as they'll be aligned with the petro dollar.
Israel will control the reserves after the genocide is over, that's the point. Israel wants access to that revenue stream and bombing Palestinians is a really reliable way to ensure that.
Lol people on here talking about the US wanting to genocide Palestinians and in the meantime were actively working to build them an economy for after the war
The main issue is as soon as the Genocide started all talk of aid and economy building went out the window.
Read the article with a critical eye.
The US just wants access to the gas reserves, they don't care who controls it, as long as they'll be aligned with the petro dollar.
Israel will control the reserves after the genocide is over, that's the point. Israel wants access to that revenue stream and bombing Palestinians is a really reliable way to ensure that.
The US produces more oil than OPEC
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/record-us-oil-output-challenges-saudi-mastery-kemp-2023-12-04/
But fossil fuels are a finite non-renewable resource. The more they extract the less they have left, and I doubt they are gonna wait untill it runs out to start looking for other sources.
I'm sure they will have a team assess the ROI