Earlier this year, when Bibi Netanyahu told reporters that he was growing frustrated by the White House delaying weapons shipments to Israel in the middle of a war, the Biden administration flatly denied that they were doing that. They blamed Congress for a lack of approval of funding, logistical issues, or anything else they could think of. Now there has been a course reversal in Washington. Israel has been waiting months for shipments of 500-pound bombs that they had been promised, and the weapons will finally be on the way from the White House in the next week, ending a “two-month pause it had imposed in a bid to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza.” However, other weapons that Israel previously ordered remain “on hold.” (Wall Street Journal, subscription required)
The U.S. will soon begin shipping to Israel the 500-pound bombs that the Biden administration had previously…
