US SET TO RELEASE $3.5BN TO ISRAEL FOR WEAPONS

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CNN has reported, citing officials familiar with the matter, that the United States will release $3.5 billion to Israel for weapons and military equipment.

The money is part of a $14.1 billion spending bill passed by Congress in April.

CNN also reported that “the funding is primarily money that Israel can use to purchase advanced weapons systems and other equipment from the United States through the Foreign Military Financing Program.”

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