Biden combines defense of Israel and Ukraine and will ask paralyzed Congress for $74 billion

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HE US President Joe Bidenin a speech to the nation this Thursday. Israel’s war against Hamas And Ukraine against Russia He emphasized that the USA should do this keep helping to both Tel Aviv and Kiev, for which he declared Emergency aid request from Congress.

The message that it points to “a turning point in history” Support continue to fund Kyiv Factions among some Republicans and as it grows social unrest and politicians from his own party before Humanitarian tragedy in Gaza This provokes Israel’s relentless military response.

Biden is aware of the situation and therefore tried to combine the two conflicts in his message, portraying them as a contradiction. Risk to the national security of the United States and the world. “Hamas and Putin represent” different threatsbut they both want to completely destroy neighboring democracy.”, said. “History has taught us that when terrorists don’t pay for their terror, when dictators don’t pay for their aggression, they cause more chaos, more death, and more destruction.”

60,000 million for Ukraine and 14,000 million for Israel

The President announced this this Friday will make Emergency funding request from Congress. Although details are not known until then, Administration sources quoted in local media announced that it will include: $60 billion military aid to Ukraine And 14 billion to Israel, In addition $10 billion for humanitarian aid in two conflicts. Additionally the package will include: 14 billion for border security And 7,000 for Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region.

The future of this petition is uncertain. Although Biden did not mention this in his speech Congress has been mired in legislative paralysis for more than two weeks Because of divisions among Republicans in the Lower House, who ousted their speaker and could not agree on a replacement. And even if they do, it remains to be seen whether they will green light proposals from conservatives who hold a majority in one House and a growing number of congressmen opposed to continuing to support Ukraine. In the latest agreement that temporarily avoids a government shutdown to ensure approval 6 billion aid to Kiev was forgotten.

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Biden filled his speech with messages not only warning about the risks of Hamas and Putin and condemning their atrocities, but also trying to calm criticism, especially in the face of Putin’s crackdown. The deplorable situation of Palestinians Gaza is under full siege by Israel, which has long since stopped bombing. 3,700 dead.

A day after his trip to Tel Aviv, where Benjamin Netanyahu attended the war cabinet meeting and met with relatives of the victims of the October 7 Hamas attack, Biden highlighted the agreement reached to allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid to access the Strip. From the Pass of Rafa in Egypt. He made the following call to the Israeli government:and do not be blinded by anger.” And he said: “We can’t give up peaceWe can’t give up on someone two state solution”.

The Democrat also showed this in his 15-minute speech: “rejection of all forms of hatredAnd I spoke against him so much antisemitism as against Islamophobia. He also condemned the case of six-year-old Palestinian-American Wadea al-Fayoume, who was stabbed by his landlord in Illinois after the latest conflict in Israel broke out. Biden did not mention the name of the child in the statement made on his behalf after the crime. This Thursday, after the speech, the president and his wife called the father of the minor child, the White House reported.

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