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ARAB AND WORLD

Sun 04 Feb 2024 7:53 am - Jerusalem Time

The White House rejects a bill to grant $17.6 billion to “Israel”

The White House announced that the US administration rejected the House of Representatives bill on providing aid to Israel without additional aid to Ukraine.


White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said, “The administration has been working for months with a bipartisan group of senators to reach a national security agreement that secures our borders and provides support to the people of Ukraine and Israel. While the legislative text is imminent, House Republicans are coming up with the latest political maneuvers. Israel's security must be sacred, not a political game."


“We strongly oppose this stunt that does nothing to secure the border, does nothing to help the people of Ukraine defend themselves, and deprives Palestinian civilians, the majority of whom are women and children, of humanitarian assistance. Instead, House Republicans should act in a way that "Bipartisan, as the administration and the Senate do, on pressing national security issues."


US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson had unveiled legislation providing new military aid to Israel worth $17.6 billion as part of its war on Hamas, without allocating aid to Ukraine, and it is expected to be approved within days.

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The White House rejects a bill to grant $17.6 billion to “Israel”

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