Bipartisan bill requiring consultation with ‘Israel’ on any arms deal with Arabs

Washington (QNN)- US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives on Friday that would prohibit the United States government from exporting weapons to the countries of the Middle East, except after consulting with the occupation state.
The proposed measure “would require the President to consult with the Israeli government to ensure [qualitative military edge] concerns are settled” in respect to weapons sales to Middle Eastern countries, a statement from the office of lead sponsor Representative Brad Schneider (D-Ill) said.
The new legislation also obliges the US president, no later than 60 days after receiving a request to sell arms and military equipment to countries in the Middle East, to inform Congress, in a public statement, of the potential impact of the planned deal on Israel’s military superiority in the region.
If the bill is passed, it could throw a spanner in the works of a lucrative arms deal the White House is drawing up with the UAE, to which Israeli officials are largely opposed.
The deal, which swiftly followed the UAE’s normalisation agreement with ‘Israel’, includes F-35 fighter jets.