Tag: USA: Cutting Aid for UNWRA

NOVANEWS After Cutting All UNWRA Humanitarian Aid, US to Award Israel with $3.3B/Year in Military Aid The bill, combined with even more aid given to Israeli missile defense, would give $38 billion to Israel over the next ten years, roughly equivalent to $23,000 for every Jewish family living in Israel over the next decade. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a joint meeting of U.S. Congress, March 3, 2015. Andrew Harnik | AP By Whitney Webb  WASHINGTON — A massive spending bill, which would deliver $3.3 billion dollars in military aid to Israel over the next year, passed the House on Wednesday under cover of a media blackout. The U.S. Senate had passed a different version of the same bill in early August, a vote that also went largely unreported. Now, aft...