{"id":13530,"date":"2025-09-21T01:20:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trump-administration-plans-to-sell-6-billion-in-weapons-to-israel\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T01:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:20:55","slug":"trump-administration-plans-to-sell-6-billion-in-weapons-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trump-administration-plans-to-sell-6-billion-in-weapons-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration plans to sell $6 billion in weapons to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div>\n<p>                                <bsp-timestamp data-timestamp=\"1758313844000\" data-recent-thresholdinhours=\"1\">                    <template data-date-tpl>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]<\/template>                    <span data-date><\/span>                <\/bsp-timestamp>            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <bsp-page-actions>                            <\/bsp-page-actions>                                                                                            <\/div>\n<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, a fresh surge of support for the U.S. ally as it faces increasing isolation over its <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/israel-hamas-war\">war in Gaza<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>It includes a $3.8 billion sale for 30 AH-64 Apache helicopters, nearly doubling Israel&rsquo;s current stocks, and a $1.9 billion sale for 3,200 infantry assault vehicles for Israeli army, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the proposal who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss plans that have not been made public. <\/p>\n<p>The weapons would not be delivered for two to three years or longer.<\/p>\n<p>The huge sales come as U.S. plans to broker an end to the nearly two-year war between Israel and Hamas have stalled and after Israel&rsquo;s <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/qatar-explosion-doha-e319dd51b170161372442831a8023db5\">strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar,<\/a><\/span>  drew widespread <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-hamas-war-qatar-strike-uae-saudi-politics-e72213f436ce2021ff284c586de79e42\">condemnation among U.S. allies<\/a><\/span>  in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                    <bsp-figure>    <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>                        <a id=\"image-a60000\"><\/a>                             <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An Israeli tank and an armored personnel carrier (APC) move through an area of the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo\/Maya Levin)\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/9ce9cf8\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3233x2155+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F88%2F18%2Fb9fde57c331a166bd562f75104e6%2F9ec31110720c402688a10891428c1233\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>An Israeli tank and an armored personnel carrier (APC) move through an area of the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo\/Maya Levin)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                                <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                        <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                            <\/p>\n<p>An Israeli tank and an armored personnel carrier (APC) move through an area of the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo\/Maya Levin)<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                    <\/div>\n<p>    <\/template>    <\/bsp-figure>                <\/div>\n<p>The U.S. has kept up its support despite <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaza-israel-palestinians-war-hamas-hostages-ceasefire-85dd158efed9eeab482d434e36bf130a\">growing international pressure on Israel<\/a><\/span>  and attempts from a growing number of U.S. Senate Democrats to block the sale of offensive weapons to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department declined to comment on the sales, which were first reported by The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-hamas-war-qatar-latest-09-17-2025-0ab5e1fd0708c0a484c29cb909fcab0d\">Israel has launched a new offensive<\/a><\/span>pressing forward with plans to take over Gaza City, as a professional organization of scholars studying genocide has said Israel is <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-gaza-genocide-palestinians-c9d40ab3714b46957c5716132f9eb2a6\">committing genocide in Gaza<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The U.K, which last year said it was suspending exports of some weapons to Israel out of concerns they could be used to violate international humanitarian laws, recently <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-israel-defense-gaza-arms-fair-1949dbe6f401212a7c7faa6b47c3198b\">barred Israeli government officials<\/a><\/span>  from attending the country&rsquo;s biggest arms fair.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey also said it was <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/turkey-israel-airspace-fidan-5a56f63218fda2a06a447c217c355ee3\">closing its airspace<\/a><\/span>  to Israeli government planes and any cargo of arms for the Israeli military, and <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/giorgia-meloni\"> Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni<\/a><\/span>  in a speech condemned Israeli attacks on Gaza as disproportionate. <\/p>\n<p>Trump said Friday that he plans to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington next week, with plans to discuss the purchases of Boeing aircraft and a deal for F-16 fighter jets. <\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration paused a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel over concerns about civilian casualties, but Trump lifted that hold when he took office in January. <\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                    <bsp-figure>    <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>                        <a id=\"image-4b0000\"><\/a>                             <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/cfb7ae9\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8195x5463+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F7e%2Fa9%2F9377ff3a0341475861fc5cb85bbf%2F251ed8d57b5c46bc95aef459438efc98\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                                <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                        <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                            <\/p>\n<p>Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                    <\/div>\n<p>    <\/template>    <\/bsp-figure>                <\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration has already approved about $12 billion in major military assistance to Israel this year. Most recently, the U.S. in June approved a half-billion-dollar arms sale to Israel to resupply its military with bomb guidance kits for precision.<\/p>\n<p>This latest request from Trump administration was sent to Congress about a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of the $6 billion package was confirmed by two other people familiar with the matter and granted anonymity to discuss it because the plans were not public.<\/p>\n<p>Congress routinely conducts informal reviews of such arms sales at the committee level, sending the requests back to the State Department for the more formal process.<\/p>\n<p>These sales are part of a 10-year agreement between the U.S. and Israel that is nearing its end.<\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p>Price reported from Porto, Portugal. Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani and Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-arms-sales-israel-trump-bb8b4e67fd77c723ed45308054eefefe\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, a fresh surge of support for the U.S. ally as it faces increasing isolation over its war in Gaza. 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