I have signed a declaration to use emergency authorities to expedite the delivery of approximately $4 billion in military assistance to Israel. The decision to reverse the Biden Administration’s partial arms embargo, which wrongly withheld ...

3 weeks ago - Zamir’s commitment to keep troops in Gaza appears to contradict the ceasefire agreement signed in October, which specifies that “Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza”. Trump’s 20-point plan commits the Israeli military to “progressively hand over” Palestinian territory to an international security force until they have “withdrawn completely from Gaza”, barring a small security perimeter by the border.

March 7, 2025 - On March 1, Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a declaration to use emergency authorities to expedite approximately $4 billion in arms to Israel. Secretary Rubio invoked these authorities in lieu of the traditional congressional notification ...

foreign aid to Israel and Egypt from the freeze (along with life-saving global humanitarian food aid).62 · Trump Administration Bypasses House Foreign Affairs Committee Review and Notifies Congress of over $8 billion in Arms Sales to Israel

August 7, 2020 - Israel can rest easy: The spending cuts axe being wielded by US President Donald Trump has so far spared military aid to Israel.

1 day ago - In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Israel's Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir stated, "Instead of giving us his full backing, Biden is busy with giving humanitarian aid and fuel [to Gaza], which goes to Hamas. If Trump was in power, the U.S.

3 weeks ago - The primary question facing this cohort is whether they can win over a majority of the MAGA movement. Even now, they face serious obstacles. On Capitol Hill, the overwhelming majority of Republicans continue to back U.S. aid to Israel, and in the White House, Trump regularly expresses his support for the alliance.

July 29, 2025 - In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has made a number of decisions that impact U.S.-Israel relations. The U.S. has pressed for a new ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza and is diplomatically engaged in Lebanon while supporting Israeli military action against Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as in Syria.

February 22, 2025 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Trump ... released $5.3 billion in previously frozen foreign aid, mostly for security and counter-narcotics programs, including $78 million for non-food humanitarian assistance in Gaza, and $56 million for the Red Cross related to the ceasefire deal between Israel ...

March 4, 2025 - The sales were approved as the Trump administration was reportedly working with Israel to reinstate its aid blockade on Gaza and endanger the ceasefire agreement as it was supposed to move into its second phase.

August 6, 2025 - Trump added that “Israel is going to help us with that in terms of distribution and also money.” · Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories ... He said, “Arab states are also going to help us with that in terms of money and possibly distribution.” · Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels and supplies from a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid ...

March 2, 2025 - (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that he had signed a declaration to expedite delivery of approximately $4 billion in military assistance to Israel, in what he cast as US President Donald Trump’s ...

November 13, 2025 - President Donald Trump walks with ... 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Trump has referred publicly to the billions in aid given to Israel during both of his terms....

3 weeks ago - But if the deal stalls, Gaza could be trapped in an unstable limbo for years to come, with Hamas remaining in control of parts of the territory, Israel’s army enforcing an open-ended occupation and its residents stuck homeless, unemployed, unable to travel abroad and dependent on international aid to stay alive. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the prime minister of Qatar and a key mediator, said over the weekend that the ceasefire is at a critical point, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to travel to the White House this month to discuss the next steps. Here is a closer look at the next stages of the ceasefire and the potential pitfalls. Trumps plan calls for the formation of an international force — known as International Stabilization Force — to maintain security and train Palestinian police to one day to take over.

October 20, 2025 - Key questions which remain unresolved from President Trump's peace plan are all about the future of Gaza and the future of Hamas, writes our Middle East correspondent · Israel says it's reopening two aid crossings into Gaza, but the volume of aid getting in is still "way below what is needed", an official from the UN's Palestinian refugee agency tells the BBC

July 31, 2025 - WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - Senior Trump administration officials told Congress this month that Israel agreed to match a U.S. award of $30 million to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, a ...

To date, the Trump administration has reversed the Biden administration’s partial arms embargo on Israel, bypassed Congress to expedite the delivery of $4 billion in military assistance, and approved nearly $12 billion in major arms sales.

February 4, 2025 - 2024, Israel received a record-breaking $17.9 billion worth of weapons, and President Biden announced plans to · send an $8 billion arms package to the nation in January, but it has not yet been fully approved by Congress.