US senators’ $70 billion plan to help Ukraine and Israel

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, parliament members After several months of negotiations, the US Senate unveiled a comprehensive bill that includes various provisions for “providing border security” and providing military aid to Ukraine to confront Russia and the Israeli regime for advancing the war in Gaza.

A US government official said in an interview with the media that this $118 billion plan will provide ammunition for Israel’s defense systems, as well as funding for the US Army’s Central Command to advance its operations in Iraq, Syria and Yemen will pay.

Washington Post writes that the said bill also has provisions to deter immigrants from crossing the Mexico-US border; An issue that has become a topic of intense debate between Republicans and the Biden administration in recent months.

However, a number of senior members of the US Congress on both sides of the right and the left have opposed this legal plan, even before seeing and examining it. “Mike Johnson”, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, said that the said plan will be rejected as soon as it enters this House.

President Donald Trump The former American, who is currently the leading candidate of the Republican Party in the election competition, is among the opponents of this plan. He has made the issue of the entry of illegal immigrants into one of the main axes of his election campaigns.

The American media that have investigated this plan say that it includes nearly 60 billion dollars. To help Ukraine, $14.1 billion is earmarked for aid to Israel and $20.3 billion for operational needs and capabilities at the US border.

The White House once again He asked congressional Republicans to work with the administration and the Senate in this regard and pass a national security bill that includes aid to Ukraine, which is President Biden’s priority.

Jean-Pierre pointed out that we strongly ignore the fact that nothing is being done to secure the borders and help the people of Ukraine defend themselves against Russian aggression, and humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians, most of whom are women and children. We disagree. Republicans in Congress should work on a bipartisan solution on national security issues like what the administration and Senate are working on.

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