Obama: $70M in new military aid to Israel

ShareThis Obama: $ 70M in new military aid to Israel 27 Jul 2012 President Obama said today that the United States is giving $ 70 million more in military aid to Israel, just as Republican opponent Mitt Romney prepares to visit the nation. The money will help Israel speed up production of a missile-defense system [...]

US Senate blocks bid to restore $4.5 billion for food aid

ShareThis US Senate blocks bid to restore $ 4.5 billion for food aid 20 Jun 2012 The US Senate has overwhelmingly rejected a bid to preserve some $ 4.5 billion in food stamps funding, as part of the massive farm bill. The request to keep that spending in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or [...]

Greece Races as Cash Dwindles With Europe Seeking Austerity

ShareThis Greece Races as Cash Dwindles With Europe Seeking Austerity 18 Jun 2012 Greece’s two traditional political rivals are in a race to forge an unprecedented coalition as the state’s cash dwindles, bank deposits flee and Europe demands renewed austerity pledges before releasing more emergency aid. Greece will run out of money in mid-July, the [...]

‘Friends of Syria’ mull UN peacekeeping mission during conference on crisis

As diplomats from some seventy nations huddled in Tunisia Friday to discuss the Syrian crisis, they had two objectives: to demand an immediate cessation of violence in Syria and to call on authorities in that country to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered to cities under siege from Bashar al-Assad’s security forces. A draft communique [...]

Obama Sold Israel Bunker-Buster Bombs

ShareThis Obama Sold Israel Bunker-Buster Bombs 23 Sep 2011 While publicly pressuring Israel to make deeper concessions to the Palestinians, President Obama has secretly authorized significant new aid to the Israeli military that includes the sale of 55 deep-penetrating bombs known as bunker busters, Newsweek has learned. U.S. and Israeli officials tell Newsweek that the [...]