Tossing Fuel on a Fire: US Military Aid to Israel Tops $30 BillionDave Lindorff
IN THE past, I have spoken about the benefits and risks of slowly decreasing military aid to strengthen the relationship from dependency to equal partnership, with the caveat that during times of war, exceptions can be made to expedite military aid with one-time grants. Keeping Israel strong is...
More than a month after a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas ended, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs Gaza, freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration in its final days is shifting more than $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to Lebanon as it tries to bolstera ceasefire agreementit helped mediate between Israel and Hezbollah. In separate notices sent to Congress, th...
US tells Israel to increase Gaza aid or face losing American military aid The Biden administration is threatening to pull future weapons funding if Israel does not boost humanitarian aid to Gaza and protect civilians. October 16, 2024 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Tracking severe...
Privately, some top Ukrainian officials have voiced concern that deliveries of military aid may become less frequent, reflecting broader unease over the levels of support needed to sustain the war against Russia. Ukraine's budget for next year has a deficit of more than $40 billion which needs...
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden ordered the U.S. military Thursday to set up a temporary port off the coast of Gaza, joining international partners in trying to carve out a sea route to deliver food and other aid to desperate Palestinian civilians cut off by the Hamas-Israel war and by ...
"Frankly, if the war were to stop today, (Hamas) it would continue to pose (a threat) which is why we are not in a place yet of asking Israel to stop or to force ceasefire," Finer said. The United States believes that there are many "legitimate military ...
“I am deeply pained by what is happening. Let the fighting cease immediately, let humanitarian aid be provided to the exhausted civilian population, and may all hostages be released.” Sensible words. But it will take far more than words to stop Israel from its destruction of Gaza and its...
A spokesperson for the Israeli military said Sunday that Iran fired a total of 350 rockets towards Israel on Saturday between its own forces and allied militant groups in Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon. “Iran wants to escalate the region. Up until now it worked through its ...