State Department Bypasses Congress to Send Israel More Than 20,000 Bombs

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/us/politics/state-department-bomb-sale-israel.html

State Department Bypasses Congress to Send Israel More Than 20,000 Bombs
The sale had been under informal review in Congress, but the State Department declared an emergency because of the war in Iran.
By Edward Wong
March 6, 2026

The State Department is declaring an emergency with the war in Iran to bypass Congressional approval and sell more than 20,000 bombs to Israel that are valued at nearly $660 million, according to two current U.S. officials and a former official.

Israel is bombing Iran as part of a war that it started Feb. 28 with the United States to kill Iranian leaders and decimate the country’s ballistic missile program and nuclear sites, though Iran’s nuclear program was crippled by a U.S. attack last June.

The State Department issued a statement Friday night that said Secretary of State Marco Rubio has determined that “an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale” to Israel of 12,000 large bombs that are 1,000 pounds each. The Trump administration has not received authorization from Congress for the war in Iran.

The other parts of the sale include 10,000 bombs of 500 pounds each and 5,000 small-diameter bombs. These arms, along with services and accessories that are part of the sale, are valued at more than $500 million.

This is the first time that the second Trump administration has formally declared an emergency, allowed under the Arms Export Control Act, to bypass Congress to sell arms to Israel. The administration has bypassed the informal approval process in Congress three times to sell arms or send weapons aid to Israel, but previously has not declared an emergency.

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Does Israel actually pay anything for the billions of dollars' worth of weapons and ammo they're using to pulverize everything around them?

[leftstreet]

1. Why do they need more bombs?

Things not going well?

[dalton99a]

2. To keep Netanyahu out of prison.

[leftstreet]

3. +1 But Trump says Iran has surrendered

Another middle of the night post on Truth Social

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Igel]

11. "Until they surrender."

Doesn't mean "they have surrendered."

[riversedge]

4. Soooo many things with Trump are an EMERGENCY!!--" the State Department declared an emergency because of the war in Iran

........The sale had been under informal review in Congress, but the State Department declared an emergency because of the war in Iran.

[dalton99a]

5. Trump will use his Iran War as an excuse for more emergencies - and Congress won't do a thing.

[riversedge]

8. Sadly, I agree.

[EarthFirst]

6. I sure cannot wait to bypass Congress on all kinds of shit in 2028

Healthcare
Education
Housing
Global Warming Initiatives
Billionaire Tax
Mass Public Transportation

Congress won’t get a fucking say in any part of it…just do it.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Emergency, everybody to get from street.

[3_Limes]

9. This is only noteworthy if you've still stuck on the idea that things should run the way they did before.

Back when there were rules, procedures and norms. The stuff that goes with a democracy. But those days are gone, and we really need to get used to that. The safeguards are GONE. And we need to stop pretending that they're still in place and that they'll help us somehow.

(Getting some new leadership - someone under 90, who understands what we're dealing with might be a good start towards correcting this though.)

[AloeVera]

10. The emergency is that Tehran is not being turned into rubble...fast enough!

Twelve thousand 1,000 lb bombs

Ten thousand 500 lb bombs

Five thousand smaller bombs.

I worry though.

Are 27,000 bombs going to be enough???

What if one Iranian child is left - to grow up whole, undiminished??

Or, God forbid - what if ONE Iranian missile is left whole and somehow makes it through to wreak havoc on some unoccupied building or field in Israel?

Huh? What THEN???

Humanity demands the U.S. just straight-up transfer all its military armaments now before it's too late!!

/S