No aid for forclosures, No aid for the gas crisis, Bush Backs 30 Billion for Israeli aid

July 2, 2008

President Bush on Monday signed into law a bill providing additional security assistance for Israel as part of a supplemental spending package for U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Due to the likelihood that Congress will enact a continuing resolution at the end of this fiscal year, keeping all programs, including aid to Israel, at fiscal year 2008 levels, House and Senate leaders included Israel’s aid increase in the supplemental, under the first year of the new 10-year, $30 billion security assistance agreement reached between the United States and Israel. The bill, which passed the House June 19, includes $170 million in security assistance to Israel, bringing Israel’s aid level for fiscal year 2009 to $2.55 billion, in line with American commitments to Israel under the new 10-year aid agreement signed last August. Learn how American assistance will help Israel face growing threats.

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