U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
“The war is continuing, intensively, in both northern and southern Gaza, in order to achieve all of our goals,” the prime minister said.
The State Department on Friday used an Arms Export Control Act emergency declaration for immediate delivery of the tank rounds.
U.S. officials visited Ramallah earlier this week to discuss a plan for the day after the war in Gaza.
Washington told Israel to let the American military handle the Houthi threat, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Administration officials expect the war to “switch to a lower intensity military strategy, which is focused on hitting specific Hamas leaders.”
Washington wants to present itself as even-handed and so has adopted a false narrative of “settler violence,” say settlement leaders.
USAID administrator Samantha Power went to Egypt to help speed up the distribution of food, water and medicine.
Washington has repeatedly claimed that Israel isn’t doing enough to curb “settler” violence in Judea and Samaria.
“We’re not going to comment on remarks that may or may not have been made behind closed doors in sensitive diplomatic discussions,” the spokesman said.
The proposal calls on Washington to condition aid to Egypt, Iraq, Yemen and Turkey on those countries accepting a certain number of refugees.
All of the other 412 House members who voted supported the Jewish state.
The premier thanked them for “their deep and consistent support of the State of Israel.”
