The Palestinian Presidency reacted this Saturday to the United States House of Representatives’ approval of billions of dollars in military aid to Israel by classifying it as “an aggression against the Palestinian people.”
The money could “lead to thousands of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip” and the West Bank, said Nabil Abu Rudeina, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, condemning what he called a “dangerous escalation.”
The diploma, approved this Saturday by the lower house of the North American Congress, provides $13 billion (about 12 billion euros) in military aid to Israel, a historic US ally that has been at war with the Palestinian movement for more than six months. Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
This money will be used, in particular, to strengthen Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense shield.
On the other hand, more than nine billion dollars (8.4 billion euros) are intended to “respond to urgent humanitarian assistance needs in Gaza and other vulnerable populations around the world,” according to a summary of the document.
On the other hand, the draft prohibits any direct US funding of the UN Palestine Refugee Agency (UNRWA) after Israel accused some of its employees of involvement in the October 7 attack last year by Hamas.
The diploma will still have to be approved in the Senate, where the Democratic Party has a slight majority.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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