The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee took the rare step Wednesday of publicly announcing a hold on the Trump administration’s $2.8 billion plan to sell 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the panel, said in a statement posted to X that he remains firmly committed...
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THE SHIPMENT
Israel wants 40,000 more bombs the same week it calls the film about killing civilians treason.
“They don't deny the AI picked the targets — they call the film that says so treason. Forty thousand bombs on one page, sixty thousand on another, and the only number anybody in Washington actually froze is a lawmaker's hold that can get lifted whenever leadership wants the quiet back. That's not accountability, that's scheduling with a press release.”
“Israel's a partner and a standing ovation in Venice isn't a legal finding — that's what the review process is for. The sale, per the Post, "has yet to be finalized," so nothing's actually happened here. Well, nothing except twenty-four people from a secret unit describing the targeting on camera — but that's, that's a separate conversation.”
The receipts
The ICJ ordered Israel in January 2024 to "prevent the destruction and ensure the preservation of evidence" of alleged genocide in Gaza ICJ provisional measures order, 26 January 2024 (via ASIL)
Trump admin planning $2.8 billion munitions sale with 40K bombs shipped to IsraelThe massive sale has yet to be finalized.
The Trump administration plans to deliver 60,000 of the powerful munitions at a time when opposition is growing in Washington to arms sales to Israel.
The ICJ ordered Israel in January 2024 to "prevent the destruction and ensure the preservation of evidence" of alleged genocide in Gaza ICJ provisional measures order, 26 January 2024 (via ASIL)
Gaza documentary praised at Venice sparks fury in IsraelThe documentary "NAZA" alleges the IDF used AI software to knowingly kill civilians in Gaza. It won a 25-minute standing ovation at Venice — but Israeli leaders are calling it treason. NBC News' Matt Bradley reports.
· Democrats Want A Break From Israel from the morgue, 25 Aug 2026
· Young Albany Democrats accuse Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza — sparking civil war within NY party from the morgue, 11 Sep 2026
· Israeli Documentary ‘NAZA’ Exposes 'System of Killing' in Gaza From Eyes of Secret Intelligence Unit from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026
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