US Congress fails to release more than $17 billion in aid for Israel. Conservative parliamentarians, in the majority in the House, want at all costs to release new funds for Israel, a historic ally of the United States.
Many are opposed to the validation of new aid for Ukraine, believing that it is not up to the American taxpayer to finance a conflict which is getting bogged down. “Time is running out” for Ukraine against Russia, President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday, urging the US Congress to urgently approve a new package for kyiv.