Congress has been holding a $ 1 billion weapon sales package for Israel, prepared with President Trump, who welcomes Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington.
The two parliamentary assistants said in a hill on Tuesday that the weapon sales package had a hold. The Wall Street Journal was first reported The Hold said that the Democratic member of the Diet had exercised the hold.
Four top members of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs and Senate Diplomatic Committee have the authority to block weapons sales orders individually beyond a specific amount.
Netanyahu is the first foreign leader who has visited Trump since returning to the White House. Generally, it is a perception of the importance of relation. The ownership of weapons sales to Israel has shown the boldness of large -scale customs that US military support for Israel is considered to be investing in US national security.
Quoting US officials, Wall Street Journal, I reported it The 1 billion dollar weapon sales package includes a $ 700 million worth more than $ 700 million and a bomb of £ 4,700 and an armored blodozer built by more than $ 300 million.
Holds come because the Democratic Party has been protecting the behavior of Trump for over two weeks since the presidential position. They pushed back the first Federal aid. We are blaming the suspension of foreign aid in the United States. Controled an alarm on the demolition of the US International Development Organization (USAID). And some of the famous conflicts opposing the threat of tariffs on the US neighbor Mexico and Canada.
However, considering the majority of the GOP in the lower house and the Senate, there is almost no option for Democrats who push back Trump's agenda without the Republican ally. Senator Brian Shagles (D-Hawaii) and Senator CHRIS VAN HOLLEN (D-MD.) Announced that the government will delay and stall to delay the candidate for Trump's State Department until the administration has retreated to break the USAID. did.
Trump was able to disable Israel's weapon sales hold. In 2019, he issued an emergency declaration to promote more than $ 8 billion weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan for more than $ 8 billion. Senate managed by the Republican Party at that time I voted for blocking Sale.
Weapon sales to Israel are historically superb. Nevertheless, the Democratic Party has been increasingly warnings about Israel's war in the Gaza district and the Palestinians in Netaniyahu's policies.
In the war on Israel's Hamas on October 7, 2023, the estimated half of the victims of nearly 47,000 Palestine is women, children, and the elderly. Almost all of the 2 million Gaza residents require humanitarian support, and 90 % are evacuating to a wide range of destruction.
Nevertheless, the Democratic members in power did not hinder the weapon sales of President Biden to Israel or selling green light. In June, Biden progressed with $ 18 billion weapons to Israel.
Netanyahu will meet Trump at the White House on Tuesday, visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday, and meet members.
The United States offers about $ 38 billion to Israel as part of a 10 -year understanding of understanding. This is $ 3.3 billion in foreign military funding. This is generally a credit for Israel to buy weapon systems in the United States, and costs $ 500 million in a missile defense program every year. MOU must update in 2028 after 2028.
Updated at 6:37 pm in the eastern standard time