re: #323 American Sabra

I don’t trust anything that says “government sources say” and neither should you. I look for names and it better be someone who knows what they’re talking about.

The US DSCA website lists arms sold in 2009 as follows:

CY 2009

(WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009)
On May 18, DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the government of Morocco of one Gulfstream G-550

(WASHINGTON, April 23, 2009)
On April 6 DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of CHINOOK Helicopters

(WASHINGTON, April 3, 2009)
DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Mexico of Persuader Maritime Patrol Aircraft

(WASHINGTON, March 13, 2009)
DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Mexico of Bell 412EP Helicopters

I don’t see “Palestine” mentioned here.

The sale is to Egypt.
As for not believing “government sources” fine, don’t believe it. JINSA has very good sources and they reported it too:

“In a decidedly NOT formal notification, MENL reports that the Obama administration has held up Israel’s request for six AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters. Sources told MENL the request was undergoing an “interagency review” to “determine whether additional Longbow helicopters would threaten Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip”.

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