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Representative Gregory Meeks and Senator Ben Cardin have signed
off on the deal under heavy pressure from the Biden
administration after the two lawmakers had for months held up
the sale, the Post reported.
"Any issues or concerns Chair Cardin had were addressed through
our ongoing consultations with the (Biden)Administration, and
that’s why he felt it appropriate to allow this case to move
forward,” Eric Harris, communications director for the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, told the Post in a statement.
Meeks told the paper that he had been in close contact with the
White House and had urged them to pressure Israel over
humanitarian efforts and civilian casualties. He said the F-15s
would not be delivered until "years from now," according to the
Post.
Neither lawmaker's office responded immediately to a request for
comment.
Biden has come under increasing pressure from members of his own
Democratic party over his unstinting support of Israel in the
face of its eight-month-old assault on Gaza that has killed more
than 37,000 Palestinians and displaced nearly the entire 2.3
million population.
Biden has pressed both sides in the conflict to reach a
cease-fire.
(Reporting by Eric Beech and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Dan Burns)
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