Cost of military aid

US preparing new weapons package for Ukraine - officials

The US Army, in particular, has been making huge purchases of munitions and vehicles to replenish stocks sent to Ukraine.

 A badge is pictured on a uniform of a foreign fighter from the UK as they are ready to depart towards the front line in the east of Ukraine following the Russian invasion, at the main train station in Lviv, Ukraine, March 5, 2022.
 IDF soldiers near the scene of a stabbing attack near Ariel that left 3 dead and 3 injured.

'The Iron Lionesses': Women raised over NIS 1 mil. for military in two weeks

 BANK OF Israel headquarters in Jerusalem: Israel’s favorable environment for economic development has been accompanied by an impressive improvement in the country’s credit rating, say the writers.

The cost of living continues to rise despite gov't promises - editorial

 A geiger counter measures a radiation level at a site of fire burning in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, outside the village of Rahivka, Ukraine April 5, 2020. Picture taken April 5, 2020.

US supplies Ukraine with radiation sensors in light of nuclear bomb threats - report


36 senators, including Tim Kaine, press to add $320M for Israeli missile defense

The proposed increase in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act would go toward three US-Israeli missile defense programs and more purchases of Iron Dome systems.

Trial of the Iron Dome system in the US.

Kaine one of few senators not to sign letter to Obama urging increased MoU

Clinton, meanwhile, suggested support for a robust defense package during a speech in March to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Virginia Senator Tim Kaine with former Israel president Shimon Peres

The White House missile aid objection: An MOU negotiating tactic?

Failing to object to Congress’s quadrupling of the president’s missile defense budget – which was proposed at $147m. – would have had a direct consequence on the MOU talks.

An "Arrow 3" ballistic missile interceptor is seen during its test launch near Ashdod

White House rejects increased Israel missile defense funding

The Congressional requested $455 million was an historic quadrupling of the administration's stated proposal request.

An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket in southern Israel

Israel wants to sign US aid deal before Obama departs

Negotiations over military aid package ongoing in Washington over level, whether part can be spent in Israel.

Trial of the Iron Dome system in the US.

The military aid standoff: An argument, not a crisis

If Rand Paul had been the Republican nominee, and if Bernie Sanders were going to be the Democratic nominee, there would be an argument that the military aid deal must be wrapped up immediately.

US President Barack Obama laughs during a meeting at the White House

US budget constraints affect Israel defense aid negotiations, US House Speaker Ryan says

The speaker said during his recent visit, US allies across the Middle East had expressed deep concern with the extreme "Middle East fatigue" of the Obama administration, as well as Trump's rhetoric.

US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (L) sits across from his Israeli counterpart Yuli Edelstein (R) as he visits the Knesset‏

US confirms Islamic State computer expert killed in air strike

The target was jailed in Britain in 2012 for hacking former Prime Minister Tony Blair's address book from an account maintained by a Blair adviser.

Computer hacking (illustrative)

UNSC report: Israeli weapons used in South Sudan’s civil war

The report was issued by a group of experts appointed by the United Nations Security Council to analyze the ongoing civil war in South Sudan.

Members of the Sudanese Armed Forces

White House lifts hold on military aid to Egypt

Obama has been reviewing military aid to Egypt since 2013 when the Egyptian army ousted former president Mohamed Morsi.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addresses the UN General Assembly in New York.