• OBJECTION!@lemmy.mlbanned_from_community_badge
    119·
    2 年前

    POTUS does not have the power to unilaterally end that agreement; Congress does.

    False

    • Nougat@fedia.io
      310·
      2 年前

      From the article you linked:

      When the President is aware of the possibility of violations of the AECA, the law requires a report to Congress on the potential violations.

      And that’s a different act that strictly applies here. The AECA enables the existence of the US-Israel Strategic Partnership Act.

      • OBJECTION!@lemmy.mlbanned_from_community_badge
        135·
        2 年前

        It also says:

        The Arms Export Control Act of 1976 gives the President of the United States the authority to control the import and export of defense articles and defense services.

        Now, I’m not a lawyer, but these people are and they say:

        “The law is clear and aligned with the majority of Americans who believe the U.S. should cease arms shipments to Israel until it stops its military operation in Gaza”

        Biden himself exercised an emergency provision in the law to bypass congress, in order to send more weapons to Israel