The Senate overwhelmingly passed the $95 billion foreign aid bill, which includes $26 billion for Israel and humanitarian aid for Gaza and other places.
Several top Israeli officials expressed gratitude to the United States after the Senate voted to pass a $95 billion foreign aid bill, which includes billions of dollars in funding for Israel. “Thank you to the members of the U.S. Senate, on both sides of the aisle, for your wide and firm support for the Israel aid package,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on social media Wednesday. “Together we stand united in the face of those who threaten our shared values.
It was passed in a 79-18 vote, with nine Republican senators changing their minds to vote in support of the legislation Tuesday after opposing an earlier version in February. Israeli opposition leader and former prime minister Yair Lapid thanked Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell “for leading a huge bipartisan majority in support of security assistance for Israel.
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