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Re:The pro-Israel information war by adastra22 on Saturday December 09, 2023 @04:38AM (#38580253)
How does the US give aid to Pakistan then?
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Re:The pro-Israel information war by cma on Sunday December 10, 2023 @07:49PM (#38596518)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symington_Amendment#Legal_issu...

There are waivers allowed from the executive branch and I believe Pakistan got one after 9/11 with some antiterrorism benchmarks (conditional aid).

As I understand it the US doesn't acknowledge Israel is nuclear armed and so doesn't give them a waiver congruent with the law.

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