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- A senior US Democrat, House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks, has objected to a proposed 2.8 billion dollar arms sale to Israel.
- The package includes 40,000 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds each, which the Biden administration had earlier blocked over fears of large-scale civilian casualties.
- Meeks cited concerns that the weapons could be used in densely populated areas of Gaza and Lebanon in violation of US and international law.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio may bypass normal congressional review by invoking national security grounds, as has been done before for earlier sales to Israel.
- The outcome matters because Meeks's objection is unlikely to stop the sale, testing Congress's ability to oversee arms transfers during the Gaza war.
What to watch next
- Whether the Trump administration invokes emergency national security powers to skip congressional review
- How Congress responds when the sale is formally notified to it
- Whether any assurances emerge on Israel's use of the weapons under US law
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