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By March US had approved more than 100 arms sales to Israel. [13] On 30 March, the White House authorized $2.5 billion in weapons transfers to Israel. [14] In April, Biden signed a $95bn security package which included around $17bn in military aid for Israel. [15] On 16 May, Biden notified Congress about a $1 billion arms sale to Israel. [16]
Democrats argue that the $14.3 billion package the White House has promised Israel violates the Leahy Act because most of the victims of Israel's attacks on Gaza are civilians. The act forbids the US State and Defence departments from providing security support to foreign governments that are suspected of violating human rights .
The House is expected to vote on Thursday on a bill that would allocate $14.3 billion in aid to Israel – a move that sets up a clash with the Democrat-led Senate over proposed funding cuts as ...
After Oct. 7, this was dramatically increased, with Congress agreeing in April to send a further $14 billion to Israel in military assistance. (It also signed off on $9.5 billion in humanitarian ...
The House approved a nearly $14.5 billion military aid package Thursday for Israel, a muscular U.S. response to the war with Hamas but also a partisan approach by new Speaker Mike Johnson that ...
[51] [52] In October 2023, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass $14.3 billion in emergency military aid to Israel in its war with Hamas. [53] On March 30, 2024, the Biden administration authorized $2.5 billion in weapons transfers to Israel. [54]
The House has released text of the supplement Israel funding bill, appropriating $14.3 billion dollars to the Mideast nation. As Speaker Mike Johnson noted last week, the bill includes the same ...
An additional $14 billion in military aid package for Israel was approved by the US Congress this year. [1] Israel is being pressured by the international legal community for its war in Gaza, due to the dire humanitarian consequences that civilians face, and allegations that Israel's conduct is genocidal.