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Washington uses arms supplies to Israel as political tool
Manage episode 425756738 series 3362375
The ups and downs of US arms deliveries to Israel is not new. It’s been going on for over 50 years as the US became Israel’s main weapons supplier. The latest conflagration involves, as far as we know, shipments of 2,000 pound and 500 pound bombs with JDAM kits (joint Direct Attack Munitions) that provide dumb bombs with precision guidance. To give us some insight into this we turned to Lenny Ben David, director of American Institute at the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs, and former deputy Israeli ambassador to Washington. Ben David also spent 25 years working with AIPAC. (photo: Ofer Zidon/flash90)
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2004 episodi
Manage episode 425756738 series 3362375
The ups and downs of US arms deliveries to Israel is not new. It’s been going on for over 50 years as the US became Israel’s main weapons supplier. The latest conflagration involves, as far as we know, shipments of 2,000 pound and 500 pound bombs with JDAM kits (joint Direct Attack Munitions) that provide dumb bombs with precision guidance. To give us some insight into this we turned to Lenny Ben David, director of American Institute at the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs, and former deputy Israeli ambassador to Washington. Ben David also spent 25 years working with AIPAC. (photo: Ofer Zidon/flash90)
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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