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Israeli "normalization" agreements are not peace deals; often, they are weapons deals.

The US arms sales that accompany many of these agreements prop up repressive governments, strengthen the US' imperial grip on the Middle East, and yield big profits for US defense contractors.

Through arms sales to gov'ts that "normalize" relations with Israel, the US provides ammunition to overpower popular struggles for freedom & justice — in countries receiving weapons, in the places where those countries are at war, and among occupied peoples such as Palestinians.

Don't let the language of "peace" and "normality" fool you: US arms deals with governments that "normalize" relations with Israel will only lead to unprecedented militarization, conflict, and oppression.