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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks during a joint press conference with Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in Berlin, June 4, 2025. Photo by Ralf Hirschberger/AFP via Getty Images.
German FM: Berlin to continue support for Israel, including arms sales
"Germany will continue to support the State of Israel, including with arms deliveries," Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in an apparent reversal.
JNS Staff
June 5, 2025
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) at a hearing on "Antisemitic Disruptions on Campus" of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, March 27, 2025. Credit: Ryan Donnell/U.S. Senate Photographic Services.
NJ senator faces backlash from local Jewish leaders after voting to block arms to Israel
“There is space for someone to say, ‘We support Israel, but we are really concerned about what Netanyahu is doing,’” Sen. Andy Kim told JNS.
Jonathan D. Salant and Debra Flax
April 9, 2025
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ranking member, at a hearing on "Antisemitic Disruptions on Campus" of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, March 27, 2025. Credit: Ryan Donnell/U.S. Senate Photographic Services.
Senate votes down Sanders resolutions to block $9b in Israel arms sales
“No one in the world is coming to the support of Hamas,” Sen. Jim Risch said. “No one with the exception of some misguided people in this organization.”
Andrew Bernard
April 3, 2025
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks about Israel and Gaza on the Senate floor on Oct. 25, 2023. Screenshot: C-SPAN.
Sanders forces Senate vote on blocking arms sales to Israel
The effort marks the first major test for the chamber's Democrats on Israel policy in the new term.
March 28, 2025
Israel Aerospace Industries CEO Boaz Levy gives an interview at the Israeli stand during the International Defence Exhibition Idex in Abu Dhabi, on Feb. 17, 2025. Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images.
US tops global arms exports; Israel ranks eighth
The Jewish state accounted for 3.1% of international weapons sales between 2020 and 2024, while also being the 15th-largest importer.
JNS Staff
March 10, 2025
U.S. Air Force F-15Es drop 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions on a cave in eastern Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2009. Credit: Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller/U.S. Air Force Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
US authorizes $2 billion sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel
“The secretary of state has determined and provided detailed justification that an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale to the government of Israel,” the U.S. State Department said.
Feb. 28, 2025
A U.S. Army AH-64D Longbow Apache, 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell Ky., provides ground forces with air support from Forward Operating Base Speicher Iraq, Oct. 21, 2005, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway.
Administration acts to arm Israel and signals a desire to reform US security assistance
It takes far too long for allies and partners confronting aggression to acquire the weapons they need, leaving them vulnerable or encouraging them to look elsewhere for self-defense.
Bradley Bowman
Feb. 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 4, 2025. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.
State Dept notifies Congress of $7 billion arms sale to Israel
The first arms package will begin delivering a wide array of munitions to the Jewish state this year.
JNS Staff
Feb. 8, 2025
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Credit: No. 10 Downing Street.
Starmer thanks Netanyahu for release of dual-citizen hostage from Gaza
The British prime minister also raised the issue of the weapons export licenses to Israel that have been frozen since the fall.
JNS Staff
Jan. 21, 2025