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SvennoJ on 28 February 2024
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Shtinamin_ said:

This is what's in the Foreign Aid Bill, from giving it a quick glance.

  • ~$60B to support Ukraine
    • ~$14B to allow Ukraine to rearm itself purchasing weapons and munitions (goes back to US)
    • ~$15B to military training and intelligence sharing
    • ~$8B to help Ukraine have basic government operation prohibiting pensions
    • ~$1.6B to help Ukraine’s private sector
    • ~$480M to help Ukrainian’s displaced by war
  • ~$14.1B to support Israel & US military operations in the region
    • ~$4B to boost Israel’s air defenses
    • ~$1.2B for Iron Beam
    • ~$2.5B to support US military operations in the region
    • ~$9.2B Humanitarian Assistance to provide food, water, shelter, and medical care to Palestinians, Ukrainian and other civilians caught in war zones.
  • >$8B to support key partners in the Info-Pacific and deter Chinese government aggression
    • ~$1.9B to replenish US weapons for Taiwan
    • ~$3.3B to build more US-made subs to support Australia and UK
  • ~$400M for a grant program to help nonprofits and places of worship make security enhancements and protect them from hate crimes. Target sanctions on criminal organizations involved with the production of fentanyl.

That doesn't add up, or rather comes to 16.9B for Israel and US operations

The 9.2B is separate from the 14.1B for Israel
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/politics/senate-foreign-aid-bill-ukraine/index.html

The Senate plan directs $14.1bn to Israel. Around $5.2bn of this funding is allocated to missile defense systems.

However the bill also strips US funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) which serves over 5.6 million Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, The Westbank and East Jerusalem, employing over 30,000 people.

The bill needs to be passed to help Ukraine, yet for Palestinians it's just more misery.

I can't find any details on the Humanitarian assistance, lumped all together for all war zones with no details how or how much aid would even be allocated for Gaza.