US to Israel: Sorry, We Know You Got Attacked, But We Gave Our Last $230 Million to Lebanon
International donors will give Lebanon $940 million to Lebanon. The United States will independently give $230 million to Lebanon. This is to help rebuild after Hezbollah - a party with 2 ministers in the Lebanese Cabinet and 12 seats in the Lebanese Parliament - started a war with Israel. Independently, the United States will give $230
International donors will give Israel nothing. The United States will give Israel nothing... because it already pledged aid to Lebanon:
Washington has let Jerusalem know that for now Israel should not expect any financial aid to help defray the cost of the war in Lebanon, The Jerusalem Post has learned. According to sources in Jerusalem, the government was considering requesting US aid - one report estimated a request of $2 billion - to help pay the cost of the war. There was talk in Washington of a large-scale financial package to help rebuild southern Lebanon, and in the process keep the Iranians out of the process. Israel was apparently hoping to fold its aid request into this package. However, according to the sources, Washington has made it clear to Jerusalem that such aid for Israel is unlikely, even as US President George Bush on Monday announced a $230 million aid package for southern Lebanon.
Well, really, what can you do? There's no way the US could've known Israel would need aid too. Maybe they thought that all of the rockets that Hezbollah fired were actually rainbows, and everyone knows that rainbows don't hurt.
International donors will give Israel nothing. The United States will give Israel nothing... because it already pledged aid to Lebanon:
Washington has let Jerusalem know that for now Israel should not expect any financial aid to help defray the cost of the war in Lebanon, The Jerusalem Post has learned. According to sources in Jerusalem, the government was considering requesting US aid - one report estimated a request of $2 billion - to help pay the cost of the war. There was talk in Washington of a large-scale financial package to help rebuild southern Lebanon, and in the process keep the Iranians out of the process. Israel was apparently hoping to fold its aid request into this package. However, according to the sources, Washington has made it clear to Jerusalem that such aid for Israel is unlikely, even as US President George Bush on Monday announced a $230 million aid package for southern Lebanon.
Well, really, what can you do? There's no way the US could've known Israel would need aid too. Maybe they thought that all of the rockets that Hezbollah fired were actually rainbows, and everyone knows that rainbows don't hurt.
