US Pushes Sale Of Ammunition To Israel, Bypasses Congress Review: Report
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The ammunition shipment has been put on an expedited track, they further said that Congress has no power to stop it, The New York Times reported.
The US State Department approved the sale of 13,000 rounds of tank ammunition to Israel, bypassing Congress in its review process that is required for arms sales to foreign nations, The New York Times reported, citing a State Department official.
The State Department informed the congressional committees on Friday that they were going ahead with the sale, worth more than USD 106 million, even though Congress did not finish an informal review of a bigger order from Israel.
Moreover, the department invoked an emergency provision in the Arms Export Control Act, according to a State Department official and a congressional official.
