The United States has announced the approval of the sale of more than $7.4bn in bombs, missiles and related equipment to Israel, which has used American-made weapons to devastating effect during the war in Gaza.

The state department has signed off on the sale of $6.75bn in bombs, guidance kits and fuses, in addition to $660m in Hellfire missiles, according to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).

The proposed sale of the bombs “improves Israel’s capability to meet current and future threats, strengthen its homeland defense, and serves as a deterrent to regional threats”, the DSCA said in a statement.

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    21 hours ago

    Sometimes you have to choose the lesser evil, and you did good in the difference.

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      and sometimes you have a conscience that doesn’t allow you to rationalize away complicity in genocide

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        If your choice increases the magnitude of the genocide, how could it reduce your complicity?

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          ‘if if if’ nevermind what is and has been happening… a party should lose support for genocide, especially when that side is ostensibly for social justice.

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        You are rationalizing away your complicity in the two genocides that are happening in the U.S. right now. To the point that you’ve denied that they are happening in the very recent past.

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          4 hours ago

          “I voted for Kamala to prevent my own gay daughter from being part of Trump’s genocide.”

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            Yes, that is one of the two genocides you are claiming is not happening. You don’t need to remind me.