• Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Leahy law forbids sending weapons when human rights violations are committed with them.

    Biden is already required by law to block arms exports to israel. Stopping it is legally super duper easy

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      6 months ago

      No disagreements, he should try to invoke the law. It’ll end up being a long legal entanglement with Republicans, but he should still do it.

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        6 months ago

        He won’t bc he likes giving Israel weapons.