NYT leads with non-story on Israeli arms shipments

U.S. Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the Israelis - New York Times

The new American arms shipment to Israel has not been announced publicly, and the officials who described the administration’s decision to rush the munitions to Israel would discuss it only after being promised anonymity. The officials included employees of two government agencies, and one described the shipment as just one example of a broad array of armaments that the United States has long provided Israel.

One American official said the shipment should not be compared to the kind of an “emergency resupply” of dwindling Israeli stockpiles that was provided during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, when an American military airlift helped Israel recover from early Arab victories.

In other words, this is a non-story. I hate when reporters bury the facts that contradict their lead.

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