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December 2, 2024

U.S. Approves More Arms for Israel as Netanyahu's Former Minister Says Israel Guilty of War Crimes
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The Biden administration has reportedly approved another $680 million
weapons sale to Israel, including thousands of additional joint direct
attack munition kits and hundreds of small-diameter bombs. The deal is
separate from the $20 billion arms sales recently approved by the U.S.
Senate.

This comes as Israel's former Defense Minister Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon has
accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and committing war crimes in Gaza.
Ya'alon, who served as Netanyahu's defense minister from 2013 to 2016,
made the accusations several times over the weekend, including in an
interview on one of Israel's biggest television channels.

Moshe Ya'alon: "To occupy, to annex, to cleanse, ethnic cleansing, look
at the northern Gaza Strip and settle a Jewish settlement. That's the
point. There is no Beit Lahia. There is no Beit Hanoun. They are
operating in Jabaliya and are essentially clearing the area of Arabs."



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