Israel And U.S. Are Close To A Deal On The Biggest Military Aid Package Ever

[Purveyor]

Source: Washington Post

By Carol Morello and Ruth Eglash July 29 at 7:26 PM

A senior Israeli official will arrive in Washington next week for a final round of negotiations involving the largest military aid package the United States has ever given any country and that will last more than a decade after President Obama leaves office.

Brig. Gen. Yaakov Nagel, the acting head of Israel’s National Security Council, has been dispatched with instructions to meet with White House officials in hopes of signing an agreement “as soon as possible,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said this week.

That represents a striking about-face for Netanyahu, who angered the Obama administration when he mused during a February meeting with his cabinet that Israel might decide to wait and “reach an agreement with the next administration.”

Nagel’s visit signals that Netanyahu may have concluded that he won’t necessarily get a better deal than the one he can forge with Obama, with whom he has had a visibly testy personal relationship. Both countries are now eager to strike a deal before Obama’s term ends.

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[Midnight Writer]

1. But, But...splutter... I thought Obama was an enemy of Israel. Have I been misled?

[6chars]

2. Not necessarily

The main part of the aid is F35 planes.

[Fred Drum]

3. throw in some W-88s

re-sale value is high

[KG]

5. Collective punishment, ghetto - izing, land theft, ethnic cleansing, war crimes.

your tax dollars at work.

[6chars]

9. lol!

[kacekwl]

6. If we have to pay them to be our Allies

then maybe the should act like our Allies.

[dicksmc3]

7. WHAT ABOUT OUR OWN PEOPLE??

I suggest we let Israel take care of itself and use the money here in the good ole USA!!!

[6chars]

8. many israelis agree with you

[MariaThinks]

10. Good to hear.

[FairWinds]

11. For a long time the US policy has been to . .

pour tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons into the
entire region - not just Israel, but Saudi, Turkey, Egypt, and
all the rest.

How is that working for us? Or them?

Folks, this is why the rest of the world does NOT regard the
US as a country that seeks peace.