WASHINGTON (Dispatches) – The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a $510 million arms deal in favor of the Zionist regime.
The U.S. Department of State said on Monday that the approved deal includes over 7,000 guidance kits for two different types of Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM).
In March, the Pentagon reported that the State Department had approved a potential sale of munitions, guidance equipment, and related support to the Zionist regime, in two packages estimated at around $2.7 billion.
The Pentagon noted that Raytheon and Boeing were the main contractors for the first package, while the second package involves General Dynamics.
The Department of State also confirmed that it had approved the sale of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers and related equipment to the Zionist regime as part of a separate deal worth around $295 million.
In a related development, senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on Monday that the Zionist regime has not made any progress in the negotiations for four weeks, while the United States has failed to take a clear position condemning Zionist prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of ceasefire proposals.
Speaking to the media, Hamdan stated that Netanyahu is using rising tensions with Iran as a domestic tool to prepare for early elections. He stressed that Netanyahu’s current behavior amounts to political blackmail at the expense of Palestinian lives.
He affirmed that Hamas remains committed to reaching an agreement that would halt the aggression and lead to the opening of crossings, adding that the group is working through mediators to secure a comprehensive deal. However, he warned that continued Israeli attacks would be met with continued resistance.
Hamdan explained that Hamas has put forward a full proposal that would result in a fair and humane agreement, affirming that the Palestinian people are entitled to a fully sovereign state.
He concluded by saying that the U.S. administration is still “not in a position to act as an honest broker,” and that Washington continues to approach the Palestinian issue in a way that clears Netanyahu of responsibility both locally and internationally, even though he has become, in Hamdan’s words, a “fugitive from international justice.”