>From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Clinton To Ask Extra $450 Million For Military Aid To Israel >http://www3.haaretz.co.il/eng/scripts/article.asp?mador=14&datee=11/16/00&id=10 >0872 > >Haaretz (Israel) >Thursday, November 16, 2000 > > > > >Clinton asks Congress for an extra $450M. for military >aid to Israel > >By Nitzan Horowitz >Ha'aretz Correspondent > >WASHINGTON - The Clinton administration has asked >Congress to grant extra aid to Israel - to the tune of >$450 million - in addition to the $2.78 billion it >already gets. The addition is about half the $800 >million in supplementary military aid that Israel >wanted from Washington to help defray the cost of >withdrawing from Lebanon and beefing up missile >defenses against long-term regional threats. > >In all, the Clinton administration asked Congress to >approve an extra $750 million in aid to the Middle >East - Egypt would get $225 million and Jordan $75. > >In the request submitted on Tuesday, Clinton said the >additional aid would strengthen U.S. interests in the >Mideast. > >Senior Jewish sources told Ha'aretz yesterday that >because of political tension over the deadlocked >American presidential election, the outgoing Congress >is unlikely to rush to approve Clinton's request. > >Moreover, representatives are likely to be even more >reluctant to approve funding that is not to promote >the peace process but is seen rather as a political >gesture by Clinton to Prime Minister Ehud Barak and >President Hosni Mubarak. > >"The political conflict right now is terrible, the >atmosphere is very difficult, and since Republicans >will see their majority shrink in the next Congress, >they are unlikely to make this gesture to Clinton," >said one Jewish source. > >The additional aid asked for Israel includes $250 >million toward the cost of the Lebanon withdrawal, >which Israel estimates at $925 million. > >The remaining $200 is to develop defenses - such as >the Arrow - against a potential ballistic missile >threat. The request also included a suggestion that >Israel's military aid next year should include an >extra $350 million. > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays! >http://calendar.yahoo.com/ > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Want to effectively manage your Accounts Receivables? Need to >maximize cash flow? Now, you can with Freeworks' FREE ONLINE >ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE MANAGER! Create invoices, track receivables, >review account statements and much more! > > >http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/Freeworks > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
