Paul O’Brien, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, said Israeli forces in Gaza are committing war crimes against Palestinian people using US-made munitions and US must stop sending weapons to Israel.
O’Brien also thanked 37 members of the US Congress who voted no to the Israel arms bill that will see $26.38bn in military aid provided to Israeli forces.
Aid bill for Ukraine finally passes, with the all-important 155mm cannon shells & long-range weapons & continuation plan. Because this will take a while.
Finally, we can expect Ukraine to be able to hit Russia on an equal footing, not outgunned 5-to-1 and banned from hitting the actual supplies far outside Ukrainian borders.
That’s going to change a lot of things.
Slava Ukraïni!
Netherlands allocated additional €1 billion in #MilitaryAid & €400 mil for reconstruction
Netherlands has taken a proactive role in supporting Ukraine, spearheading the #FighterJets coalition and pledging to deliver 24 #F-16 jets to Ukraine.
Zelensky said that the new aid batch was provided in the framework of the 10-year bilateral security agreement between the states, signed on March 1 in Kharkiv.
Sec of State #Blinken reiterated the msg in Brussels on Thurs. & Sen #ChrisCoons, a close #Biden ally & a staunch supporter of #Israel, said the #UnitedStates is “at that point” where #conditions must be placed on #MilitaryAid to Israel.
The changing dynamic comes as Israel plans to invade the southern #Gaza city of #Rafah, where up to 1.5M #Palestinians are sheltering in decrepit conditions after fleeing there under Israeli orders. #US ofcls have warned Israel against a major campaign in Rafah.