Saturday, August 10, 2024

US to provide Israel with additional $3.5bn in military aid amid Gaza war

from PressTV

The administration of President Joe Biden has announced plans to send an additional $3.5bn to Israel to spend on US-made weapons and military equipment amid the occupying regime’s months-long onslaught against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The US State Department said it had notified Congress of the Biden administration’s intention to release billions of dollars worth of foreign military financing to Israel.

CNN reported earlier on the release of the amount which comes from a $14 billion supplemental funding bill for Israel passed by the Congress in April.

The State Department said part of the new financial aid would go to Israel’s Netzah Yehuda battalion, an Israeli military unit which is based in the occupied West Bank and has for long been committing human rights abuses against Palestinians there.

The State Department also said it had decided against sanctioning the unit, stressing that it was satisfied with what was claimed to be “Israeli efforts to address” violations by the battalion.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined in a finding made public in April that the battalion carried out grave human rights abuses against Palestinians, triggering an investigation under US legislation related to US military aid to foreign forces...

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1 comment:

  1. U mean all those tens of zillions so carefully toted and lovingly guided thru the CONgrift critters assembled in that giant aid package a mere month ago july by the righteous Mr. T. is already pissed away, and wasn't enuf???

    Possible the very unusual long delay here any retribution by iran is they're waiting on AUG19 coming, will be 71 years from 1953 the eisenhoover-rosenfeldt aka kermit roosevelt sponsored and approved overthrow of the elected leader of iran then, Musadeq.
    Who was Time rag cover Man of the year in 1952!!
    Kharma can be a bitch, especially when denied and delayed.

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