Planes from the Arab world landed as much on Israeli airports as they did on the hearts of the Palestinians.
AS the US-led ‘recognition blitz’ that made four Arab states recognise Israel rocked the Middle East and changed the region’s geopolitical ecology, the Arab-Islamic world wondered whether the Saudi regime that proudly proclaims itself to be the Guardian of the Two Holy Places would follow suit. Indeed 2020 was one of the worst years for the Palestinian people, the Palestinian Authority calling it a betrayal of its people.
Not without Saudi blessings did the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain extend official recognition to Israel, followed, as if on cue, by Sudan and Morocco. The recognition violated a number of UN resolutions besides the 2002 Arab plan, reaffirmed in 2017, which provided for Israel s withdrawal from occupied territories in return for recognition by all Islamic countries.
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On December 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spending for the rest of the fiscal year. As usual, US representatives allocated a massive sum of money for Israel.
While unemployment, thus poverty, in the US is skyrocketing as a result of repeated lockdowns, the US found it essential to provide Israel with $3.3 billion in ‘security assistance’ and $500 million for US-Israel missile defense cooperation.
Although a meager $600 dollar payment to help struggling American families was the subject of several months of intense debate, there was little discussion among American politicians over the large funds handed out to Israel, for which there are no returns.
The untold story of American aid to Israel
Dec 29,2020 - Last updated at Dec 29,2020
On December 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spending for the rest of the fiscal year. As usual, US representatives allocated a massive sum of money for Israel.
While unemployment, thus poverty, in the US is skyrocketing as a result of repeated lockdowns, the US found it essential to provide Israel with $3.3 billion in “security assistance” and $500 million for US-Israel missile defence cooperation.
Although a meager $600 dollar payment to help struggling American families was the subject of several months of intense debate, there was little discussion among American politicians over the large funds handed out to Israel, for which there are no returns.
December 29, 2020 at 9:09 am
On December 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spending for the rest of the fiscal year. As usual, US representatives allocated a massive sum of money for Israel.
While unemployment, thus poverty, in the US is skyrocketing as a result of repeated lockdowns, the US found it essential to provide Israel with $3.3 billion in security assistance and $500 million for US-Israel missile defence cooperation.
Although a meager $600 dollar payment to help struggling American families was the subject of several months of intense debate, there was little discussion among American politicians over the large funds handed out to Israel, for which there are no returns.
Rare documents from 1986 meeting reveal Biden s initial views on Israel
During a meeting with Israeli embassy officials, Biden reportedly said that public US criticism of Israel was paradoxical and a mistake
Then-US senator Joe Biden announces on 23 September 1987 that he is withdrawing from race for 1988 Democratic presidential nomination (AFP/File photo) By Published date: 28 December 2020 20:44 UTC | Last update: 2 months 3 weeks ago
Rare decades-old documents suggest a young Joe Biden was an ally of Israel but reluctant to get involved with pro-Israel advocacy, an Israeli newspaper has revealed.
The declassified documents, recovered from Israel state archives records by Haaretz, reveal a glimpse into a February 1986 meeting between then-senator Biden and Israel s former ambassador to the US, Meir Rosenne, and then-embassy staffer Yosef Lamdan.