The United Nations (U.N.) condemned a recent attack by Israel on a convoy of ambulances leaving a Gaza hospital. “I am horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al Shi…

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    Meanwhile western nations are falling over each other to deliver military aid to Israel, a nation that clearly does not need it and is using those tools to manufacture fresh child skeletons as part their religious war.

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      Yeah, they had no issues with putting restrictions on how and where Ukraine was allowed to use certain weapons, but Israel can just casually do any war crime. The US is literally allowing them to target American citizens.

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        Hamas doesn’t have nukes, unlike Russia. That’s the only reason the US has tried to avoid rapid escalation in Ukraine.

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        The big difference is Ukraine is on the border of NATO, Ukraine is fighting Russia. Russia could end the world in nuclear war, its a non-zero chance. NATO can affect western interests very well in Eastern Europe.

        Israel is in the middle east the only “Western” country, and used as a foil for “Western” interests in the region acting as a bulwark against other middle eastern countries. Israel is fighting a group that poses nearly zero threat to world stability. Israel divides middle eastern alliances and can play KSA and Iran off each other.

        So the big difference is Ukraine is useful to be the rock upon which the Russian military is destroyed, winning the war isn’t really a western goal. So the west ties the hands of Ukraine in their military aid as the big strategic risk is if the war spreads.

        Israel has no restrictions because they need to be a political foil in the area, and none of their neighbors pose a risk to international order.

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      Other than the US and perhaps the UK, which western nations have given significant military aid to Israel recently?

      I googled, and from what I can tell plenty of countries have sold the Israelis weapons under exiting contracts, but haven’t sent much actual military aid.

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          Other than the US and UK.

          Google says Germany’s providing 4 combat drones which were already in the country.

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              No. I asked a genuine question.

              You claimed:

              western nations are falling over each other to deliver military aid to Israel,

              I asked:

              Other than the US and perhaps the UK, which western nations have given significant military aid to Israel recently?

              To which you answered the UK and Germany. My initial google suggested all that Germany has sent are 4 combat drones which were already in Israel but being used for training, which is why I asked you to backup your claim.

              So to be honest, given I couldn’t find anything to support you claim, and you didn’t provide anything to source your claim, it sounds like you were talking out of your backside.