U.S. Rushes Planeloads of Arms to Israel

Date: 24 October 2023 - 21:58

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WASHINGTON (Dispatches) -- The U.S. has expanded its military deployments across the Middle East in support of Israel’s brutal assault on the Gaza Strip, even as one historian has warned that the occupation entity is carrying out a “textbook case of genocide” in the besieged enclave.
Israeli historian Raz Segal’s claim was reported in Jewish Currents. He condemned the latest bombing of Gaza.
Open-source information gathered by Haaretz newspaper reveals that close to 80 U.S. military and dozens of leased civilian aircraft are hauling equipment in a massive weapons airlift to Occupied Palestine and Cyprus. At least 62 U.S. and Israeli transport aircraft had landed in the occupying territories by Sunday night.
Fighter squadrons and special forces are in place in Jordan. Twenty aircraft offloaded cargo from NATO depots at British military bases in Cyprus.
Advocacy groups accuse the U.S. of rushing to resupply weapons used by Israel on Gaza civilians. They argue that Washington is seeking to ensure the Zionist regime’s long-term military dominance over the Palestinians. Warnings abound that the influx risks further armed conflict in the region.
Since Israel began its bombardment of the besieged enclave, over 30 U.S. heavy transports have landed in the apartheid entity, many of them delivering advanced weaponry. Others carried officials like Secretary of State Antony Blinken, while some transported armored vehicles.
U.S. and Israeli air force planes have also flown repeatedly to Europe, probably, it is believed, to procure more arms and ammunition. A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group armed with cruise missiles is deployed near Cyprus, and Washington has ensured that missile defense systems are in place. A second U.S. carrier group is expected in the Mediterranean soon, although its destination remains uncertain.
Analysts warn that the expansive U.S. military activity enables further Israeli repression of the Palestinians. Continued unconditional aid irrespective of the

occupying regime’s actions removes incentives for restraint, they argue.

Some warn that U.S. replenishment of bombs dropped on Gaza may fuel cycles of violence, hindering de-escalation. With two carrier groups nearby, the fear is that planning for the next war has already begun.

The massive arms influx has created an even more pronounced power imbalance, enabling the occupying regime of Israel to continue to act with impunity, say analysts. While Gaza lies in ruins, Israel enjoys limitless supplies from its superpower patron.

They urge greater scrutiny over whether U.S. actions serve regional security or purely Israeli interests. Platitudes about restraint and “self-defense” ring hollow to Palestinians, they note, when American planes rush to deliver massive stockpiles of bombs to the occupation state.