{"id":2219609,"date":"2024-04-12T16:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dem-puts-f-15-deal-with-israel-on-ice-despite-assurances-from-jewish-state\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T16:26:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:26:50","slug":"house-dem-puts-f-15-deal-with-israel-on-ice-despite-assurances-from-jewish-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dem-puts-f-15-deal-with-israel-on-ice-despite-assurances-from-jewish-state\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrat halts F-15 deal with Israel despite Israeli assurances"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-dem-puts-f-15-deal-with-israel-on-ice-despite-assurances-from-jewish-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2219609&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Gregory Meeks, a Democratic member from New York and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tom-carper-announces-bill-to-give-d-c-statehood\/\" title=\"Sen. Tom Carper announces bill to give D.C. statehood\">ranking member<\/a> of the House Foreign Affairs \u2064Committee, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-blocks-biden-epa-nominees-over-energy-project-delays\/\" title=\"GOP Senator Blocks Biden EPA Nominees Over Energy Project Delays\">delayed approval<\/a> of Israel&#8217;s acquisition of\u200b F-15 fighter jets from the\u200b U.S., despite\u2062 Israel&#8217;s promises to comply with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">international law<\/a> in Gaza. \u200bMeeks examined assurances from Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant but\u2062 has not confirmed support for the\u200b deal \u2064yet. Rep. Gregory Meeks, a Democrat from\u2064 New York and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has postponed endorsing Israel&#8217;s purchase of F-15 fighter jets from the U.S., despite\u200d Israel&#8217;s commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-pleads-for-continued-foreign-assistance-in-un-general-assembly-address\/\" title=\"Zelensky urges ongoing foreign aid in UN speech.\">upholding international law<\/a> in Gaza. Meeks reviewed assurances from Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant but has not given his approval for the\u2063 deal at \u200cthis time.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tRep. Gregory Meeks (Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Rep. Gregory Meeks (D., N.Y.), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, this week withheld approval of Israel\u2019s purchase of F-15 fighter jets from the United States, despite receiving Israel\u2019s assurances that it will adhere to international law in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meeks reviewed a letter of assurances from Israeli minister of defense Yoav Gallant on Tuesday but has not yet said whether he would sign off on the F-15 deal, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/12\/gregory-meeks-democrat-israel-f-15\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span>  to <\/span><i><span>Axios<\/span><\/i><span>. The Democratic ranking member said he is looking for &#8220;assurances&#8221; from the Jewish state that it will obey international law in using American weapons and allow more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-faces-mounting-pressure-to-act-in-ethiopian-conflict\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Faces Mounting Pressure to Act in Ethiopian Conflict\">humanitarian aid<\/a> into Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;At least a dozen&#8221; Democrats on the committee put pressure on Meeks to block the F-15 jet sales, a lawmaker familiar with the matter told <\/span><i><span>Axios<\/span><\/i><span>. House Democrats have recently become more critical of Israel\u2019s fight against Hamas terrorists after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wck.org\/news\/gaza-team-update\"><span>killed<\/span><\/a><span>  seven aid workers from the humanitarian group World Central Kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The New York Democrat on Thursday declined to elaborate on the Israeli letter of assurances or whether he would move forward with the sale any time soon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I can&#8217;t talk about none of those things because it\u2019s in a [sensitive compartmented information facility], it&#8217;s a secret. So, I really can&#8217;t talk about [the letter],&#8221; Meeks <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/12\/gregory-meeks-democrat-israel-f-15\"><span>told<\/span><\/a> <em>Axios<\/em><span>. <\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;There are a lot of things that have to be considered,&#8221; Meeks added. &#8220;The F-15s are not going to be delivered, if in fact [they are], until five years from now. I\u2019ve got a lot of things that I\u2019m looking at, doing my homework, on the ground, etc.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rep. Brad Sherman (D., Calif.), the second-ranked Democrat on the committee after Meeks, urged the ranking member to approve the sale. &#8220;Israel faces more security threats than just Hamas,&#8221; Sherman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/12\/gregory-meeks-democrat-israel-f-15\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. &#8220;Hamas doesn&#8217;t have an air force, but Iran sure does, and Iran is making noises today as if they&#8217;d like to send their air force against Israel.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Gregory Meeks (D., N.Y.), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delayed approval of Israel\u2019s F-15 fighter jet purchase despite Israeli promises to follow international law in Gaza. 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