The president of USA, Joe Bidenbegan an urgent mission Thursday to get Americans to support billions of dollars in additional spending to Israel and Ukraineusing an unusual speech in the Oval Office to say that US support is essential for the two main allies immersed in wars.
Biden sought to link Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip who attacked Israel to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose forces invaded Ukraine.
“Hamas and Putin represent different threats, but they have this in common: they both want to annihilate a neighboring democracy”said.
Biden spoke after returning from a whirlwind trip to Israel to show U.S. solidarity following the Oct. 7 incursion by Hamas militants, who launched attacks from Gaza and killed about 1,400 people in southern Israel.
The American president’s message had a certain urgency. Israel is about to launch a ground offensive to expel Palestinian militants from Hamas Gaza and tension is at its peak following a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital.
Biden said that Israel was not responsible for the explosion, as Hamas officials had claimed, but he added: “We cannot ignore the humanity of innocent Palestinians who just want to live in peace and have opportunities.”
The adversaries of USA They are watching both conflicts play out and could cause problems in other parts of the world, depending on the outcome, he added.
The American president spoke in a context of political chaos in Washington, when the Republicans who control the House of Representatives have found it difficult to agree on a leader after removing Kevin McCarthy from office.
Biden has requested emergency spending that U.S. officials say will amount to about $100 billion over the next year for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, as well as for security on the porous U.S. border with Mexico.
It is possible that it includes US$60 billion for Ukraine and US$10 billion for Israel, according to sources consulted before, as well as billions for Asia and the border security of USA.
By bundling priorities into a single package, Biden is testing whether Republican lawmakers can be persuaded to set aside their opposition and agree to spending in Ukraine, whose 20-month war with Russia has already absorbed billions of dollars. into American weapons with no end in sight.
Any funding measure must be approved by both the Democratic-majority Senate, where additional aid has bipartisan support, and the Republican-majority House of Representatives, which has been without a president for 17 days.
Source: Gestion
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