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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration will resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel but will continue to hold back on supplying 2,000-pound bombs over concerns about their ...
After France, the U.K. and Germany joined global calls for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Tel Aviv Monday, and is also expected to press Israel to ...
The agreement reduces rates of duty, and in some case eliminates all duties, on merchandise exported from Israel to the United States. [1] The agreement also covers merchandise exported from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. [2] [3] [4] The U.S.–Israel FTA was the first such free trade agreement entered into by the United States. [5]
The US is a major arms supplier to its closest Middle Eastern ally, and Germany is second. [5] The bulk of Israel's defense needs have been supplied by the United States, including bombs that weigh 2,000 pounds and can blow up bunkers. An additional $14 billion in military aid package for Israel was approved by the US Congress this year. [1]
The United States and Israel are also party to the Qualified Industrial Zone agreement (QIZ agreement), which serves to promote co-production and economic cooperation between Israel and Egypt. The QIZ agreement was signed on December 14, 2004 in Cairo between Egypt, Israel, and the United States. The QIZ agreement came into force in 2005. [23 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. State Department officials have identified nearly 500 potential incidents of civilian harm during Israel's military operations in Gaza involving U.S.-furnished weapons ...
Israeli settler violence received greater attention by the US government following the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war in October 2023. [1] While Rights groups have demanded US Secretary of State Blinken to punish Israeli settlement groups for their actions against Palestinians in the West Bank, many have also stressed that the sanctions do not go far enough because the Israeli government ...
The Israeli assault was launched in response to the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, in which Israel says 1,200 people were killed and scores of hostages taken. LEAHY LAWS