Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, on a visit to Jerusalem, demurred when asked if U.S. intelligence was involved in an attack that caused a serious setback to Iran’s nuclear enrichment goals Sunday, but he vowed the incident will not affect President Joe Biden’s effort to rejoin the Iran nuclear agreement.
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Biden resumes Palestinian aid, urges two-state deal
CRITICAL RELIEF: Israel denounced the assistance to a UN Palestinian relief agency, which provides housing, schools and care to more than 6 million Palestinian refugees
AFP, WASHINGTON
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday restored aid to the Palestinians to the tune of US$235 million, as he pledged to press for a two-state solution.
In his sharpest break on the conflict yet from his staunchly pro-Israel predecessor, Biden said that the US would resume funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees that former US president Donald Trump had severed.
The US Department of State said that the US would contribute US$150 million to the UN agency and offer US$75 million in economic and development assistance to the West Bank and Gaza, as well as US$10 million for peacebuilding efforts.
Is known throughout Israel by the nickname “Bibi.”
Spent his teenage years in the United States; went to high school in Philadelphia.
First Israeli prime minister to be born after the state was founded in 1948.
Netanyahu’s brother, Yonatan, was killed in action in 1976 while leading a mission to rescue Israeli passengers on a hijacked Air France plane.
Netanyahu organized two international conferences on ways to combat terrorism, one in 1979 and another in 1984.
Timeline
1976-1978
1982-1984 – Deputy Chief of Mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington.
1984-1988 – Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations.
1988
1988-1991
1991-1992
1993
June 1996-July 1999 – Prime Minister of Israel.
Benjamin Netanyahu Fast Facts
Personal
Birth place: Tel Aviv, Israel
Birth name
Children: with Sara Ben-Artzi: Avner and Yair; with Miriam Haran: Noa
Education: Attended Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 1974, and M.S., 1976
Military service: Israeli Defense Forces, 1967-1972, Captain
Religion
Is known throughout Israel by the nickname “Bibi.”
Spent his teenage years in the United States; went to high school in Philadelphia.
First Israeli prime minister to be born after the state was founded in 1948.
Netanyahu’s brother, Yonatan, was killed in action in 1976 while leading a mission to rescue Israeli passengers on a hijacked Air France plane.