The American Senator, Tim Kane, criticized what he described as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's circumstance of Congress in its approval to sell weapons worth 147.5 million dollars to Israel, and demanded a public interpretation of this decision, which is the second decision of its kind this month, according to the American newspaper "Washington Post", Saturday December 30, 2023.

This comes after the US State Department announced, on Friday, December 29, that the proposed sale of 155 mm artillery and relevant equipment is compatible with the United States' commitment to Israel's security, and the efforts made to help it "develop and maintain a strong and ready -to -defense capacity" .

While Kane, a member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, and other Democrats in the Council, opposed the arms sales conducted by the Biden administration, which avoids reviewing Congress.

In a press release on Saturday, Kane said: "Congress must have a full vision of the weapons that we transfer to any other country," adding that the fast time frame for reviewing Congress "undermines transparency and weakens accountability."

While the Pentagon (the Pentagon) said on Friday that Foreign Minister Anthony Blinkkin approved the sale of artillery shells for 155 millimeters and the equipment associated with it, without reviewing Congress.

The Pentagon added that Plankin has determined that there is an emergency that requires the sale of this ammunition immediately to Israel, which suspends the condition of the Congress review of the deal, according to Reuters.

The sale comes at a time when Israel is intensifying its attack on the Gaza Strip. The United States is pressing Israel to reduce the losses of civilians in Gaza to the minimum possible, and called on it to reduce the frequency of the war in the coming weeks.

Where the Pentagon said that Israel requested the addition of valves and bombing capsules to a previous request to obtain 155mm shells, bringing the total value of the deal to 147.5 million dollars.

This is the second time this month that the Biden administration has exceeded a review of Congress to sell weapons to Israel. On December 9, the administration used the emergency authority to allow the sale of about 14,000 tank shells to Israel.

Source: Arabic Post