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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

US aid to Israel

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in Jerusalem, April 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 8, 2024, 7:07 pm
Fiscal deficit widens to 8.1% as state continues to shell out billions on war effort
Deficit climbs for fourth month above 2024 government budget ceiling of 6.6%, as spending on the war with Hamas reaches almost NIS 90 billion
By Sharon Wrobel
Supporters watch the program outside the venue where Democratic presidential candidate former vice president Joe Biden is speaking, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
July 17, 2024, 7:54 am
Bucking far-left flank, Democrats advance platform touting support for Israel
Position tempered by push for Palestinian statehood, criticism of Israeli policy in the West Bank; contrasts with GOP’s unconditional support, which galvanizes Milwaukee crowd
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: US airmen perform a final check of the stowed twin wings on four ground-training Guided Bomb Unit-39 small-diameter bombs loaded on an F-15E Strike Eagle at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, on Aug. 1, 2006 (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung) .
July 11, 2024, 2:04 am
US sending Israel some heavy bombs that Biden withheld ahead of Rafah op
American official confirms 500-pound munitions en route to Israel, while transfer of 2,000-pound bombs remains frozen over concerns their use could harm civilians
By Jacob Magid
Workers prepare for the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
July 10, 2024, 1:43 am
‘Not Biden’s policy’: Official says Democrats’ Israel plank won’t include aid cutoff
Administration official vows 2024 election platform will reflect president’s views, after ‘Uncommitted’ leader urges party to back an arms embargo and immediate ceasefire in Gaza
By JTA and Jacob Magid
A man pushes a wheelchair loaded with items while evacuating with others from the Tuffah neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City on June 27, 2024 (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
June 27, 2024, 5:51 pm
IDF tanks said advancing into Gaza’s Shejaiya amid strikes on the neighborhood
Residents seen fleeing with belongings as IDF calls on Palestinians to evacuate; Hamas’s Mashaal says Gaza destruction part of the ‘march of our people toward liberation’
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video message issued June 19, 2024. (Screenshot/GPO)
June 21, 2024, 3:16 pm
Daily Briefing June 21: Day 259 – What’s behind Netanyahu’s tiff with Washington?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses DC trip of PM’s aides during latest kerfuffle with the White House, along with possible US sanctions against Smotrich and Tzav 9 group
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: US airmen perform a final check of the stowed twin wings on four ground-training Guided Bomb Unit-39 small-diameter bombs loaded on an F-15E Strike Eagle at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, on Aug. 1, 2006 (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung) .
May 29, 2024, 7:27 pm
Reports: In Rafah strike, IDF used US bombs designed to reduce casualties
Washington said to have pressed IDF to use 17kg GBU-39 munitions made to reduce casualties; army says hidden arms stash caused fatal blaze; WH still supports limited offensive
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza Border, southern Israel, May 9, 2024. (Flash90)
May 10, 2024, 1:43 pm
Daily Briefing May 10, Day 217: Blinken report to exonerate Israel; will US arms follow?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on reports of overdue report to Congress and cognitive dissonance in American and Israeli views of Rafah; news editor Amy Spiro on all things Eurovision
By ToI Staff
President Joe Biden meets with campaign volunteers at the Dr. John Bryant Community Center, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Racine, Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 9, 2024, 3:19 pm
Daily Briefing May 9, Day 216 – Biden drops bombshell, Hamas’s duplicitous ‘deal’
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses a drastic shift from US President Joe Biden and dives deep into the sinister details of the Hamas hostage proposal
By ToI Staff
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 7, 2024, 6:58 am
With ammo shipment said put on hold, US to report if IDF using weapons legally in Gaza
State Department says it’s on track to notify Congress by Wednesday deadline, as widening group of Democrats push for Israel to be found noncompliant with international law
By Jacob Magid
President Joe Biden speaks before signing a $95 billion aid package that includes support for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and other allies, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
April 24, 2024, 9:21 pm
Biden signs aid package with $17B for Israel, $1B extra humanitarian aid for Gazans
This means ‘Iran can never carry out the destruction it intended 10 days ago,’ says president; vows to ‘surge’ aid ‘to the innocent people of Gaza’; $95B bill helps Ukraine, Taiwan
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, stand during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for surviving members of a top-secret WWII unit, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
April 23, 2024, 3:21 pm
Israel aid bill heads to US Senate for final approval after months of delay
Overall $95B package, which includes aid for Ukraine and Taiwan and provisions against TikTok, will send $17B in military aid to Israel, and likely $2B in humanitarian aid for Gaza
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Speaker of the US House Mike Johnson talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
April 20, 2024, 1:11 pm
US House gears up to pass Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan aid in unlikely bipartisan vote
Kyiv-skeptic GOP ‘America Firsters’ threaten Johnson with ouster after Speaker secures Biden’s blessing for Democrats to support procedural motion enabling $95 billion package
By Agencies
US House of Representatives speaker, Mike Johnson, meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, April 16, 2024. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
April 19, 2024, 10:27 am
US House speaker ‘anxious’ to pass Israel, Ukraine aid as far-right mutiny brews
Johnson leans on Democrat support as isolationist GOP members in Trump camp threaten ouster over funding for Kyiv’s defense; flirtation with procedural change forces backpedalling
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden answers questions about Israel after speaking about the Special Counsel report at the White House in Washington, on February 8, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
April 17, 2024, 11:32 pm
Biden urges Congress to act on Israel aid, says Iran aims ‘to destroy Israel forever’
After president’s op-ed calls for government to pass assistance packages for Israel, Ukraine, House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will push toward vote, potentially risking his job
By Jacob Magid and AP
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