Biden administration works around Congress in another Israel emergency weapons sale

Details: The Defense Department said in a statement on Friday Secretary of State Antony Blinken had "determined and provided detailed justification to Congress that an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale" to Israel.

• This waives "the Congressional review requirements" needed for selling defense equipment to other countries, per the department.
• The sale includes ancillary items, such as fuzes, primers and charges, which amount to an estimated total of $147.5 million, according to the Defense Department.
• The ancillary items make the 155mm shells that Israel previously bought functional, according to a State Department spokesperson.

Flashback: Earlier in December, the administration bypassed Congress in an emergency weapons sale to Israel that amounted to an estimated $106.5 million in almost 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration has asked Congress for $106 billion in a package that would link aid between Ukraine and Israel.

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