• JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Oh get out of here with your facts. The kids are having a circlejerk. They weren’t born at the time. They can’t be expected to know these things.

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      What is that law? Closest I think I can get is HR 4986 sec 227 which mentions Israel, but I can’t read further. Who put it in place?

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        5 months ago

        From the linked politico article,

        Legally, the U.S. can’t cut Israel off completely. Since 2008, the U.S. has had to weigh all arms sales to Israel and other countries in the region against the requirement that Israel maintains a “qualitative military edge” against all enemies, both state and non-state actors.

        In 2008, George W. Bush was in his second term as president.