The annual funding Israel receives from the United States may be increased by $200 million in 2019, according to President Donald Trump’s fiscal year budget request. Israel is expected to receive a total of $3.3 billion.
The requested funds are the result of a $38 billion 10-year memorandum of understanding signed between Israel and the United States at the end of President Barack Obama’s term in office. The additional proposed funds are being apportioned to provide “assistance to bolster Israel’s capacity to defend itself and maintain its qualitative military edge.”
Part of the funds will go toward “prioritizing funding for a US embassy facility in Yerushalayim which will begin once design and construction plans are finalized,” according to a fact sheet released by the State Department. The administration has announced that the embassy will officially move from Tel Aviv to Yerushalayim in 2019, while a new facility in the capital will take years to complete.
Israel’s eastern neighbor Jordan is scheduled to receive an increase of $275 million making a total of $1.275 billion in aid in 2019.
The budget request requires congressional approval before being finalized.
(JNS.org)
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What a waste of money to build a new building for the Embassy, I am sure the consulate building would have to be updated but it would not take millions and years to update it, governments love to waste money, especially us peons have to pay for it, and look at the embassy in London one of the ugliest buildings and it took millions to build it.