Biden argued in an impassioned Oval Office speech on Friday that the huge sums involved — a total of $105.85 billion, including $61 billion in military aid for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel — would secure US interests for generations, Reuters reported.
Fresh off a trip to Tel Aviv, Biden labeled the package “an unprecedented commitment to Israel’s security that will sharpen Israel’s qualitative military edge.”
He compared the Hamas resistance movement fighting the Israeli regime in Palestine to the Russian leader and said, “we will not let them win.”
“Hamas and Putin represent different threats, but they share this in common: they both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy.”
The US Congress is expecting Biden’s additional military aid request to come in around the $105 billion figure, with the lion’s share going to Ukraine and a smaller portion allocated for Israel, alongside more funding for weapons to Taiwan as well as boosting security at the southern border.
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