U.S. military aid for Israel has been designed to maintain Israel's"qualitative military edge" (QME) over neighboring militaries. The rationale for QME is that Israel must rely on better equipment and training to compensate for being much smaller geographically and in terms of population than ...
The U.S. gave Israel 30 days to help ramp up aid efforts for Gaza. The term is coming to an end and serious hurdles remain for supplies entering certain parts of the strip. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer has more.
and “No U.S. Military Aid to Israel.”The demonstrations unfolded just a day following the House of Representatives decision to allocate $14.3 billion in federal assistance to Israel. The vote, which took place on Thursday, concluded with 226 in favor and 196 against, with a notable ...
The U.S. on Monday said it would send an anti-missile system and 100 troops to Israel. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. would withhold military aid to Israel if the humanitarian situation in G
WASHINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States has withheld one shipment of near-term weapons aid to Israel due to "serious concerns" that a looming large-scale military operation in Rafah by Israeli forces would cause significant loss of civilian lives, the State Department said on Wednesda...
Washington has long regarded Israel as its most crucial ally out of its need to consolidate its hegemony in the Middle East, offering the country a large amount of aid and arms. U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, for example, once referred to Israel as the "eyes and ears of America" in the...
On October 5, 2012, fifteen Christian leaders in the United States issued aletterto members of Congress that rocked American Christian-Jewish relationships. The letter addressed the American legislators who approve all economic and military aid to ...
"Given Israel's predicament, living in a region that is very violent and unstable, its military edge is of interest to our country, and we've committed to that," he said. Israel is the biggest recipient of U.S. military and economic aid in the Middle East region. Over the past 10 ...
The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around the Middle East,according to a report for Brown University’s Costs of War project. ...
The Democratic administration took one of the first steps toward conditioning military aid to Israel in recent days when itpaused a shipment of 3,500 bombsout of concern over Israel’s threatened offensive on Rafah, a southern city crowded with more tha...