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U.S. official: Obama won't cut military aid to Israel
By DPA
Tags: Israel News, Obama, IDF 

U.S. President Barack Obama will not cut the billions of dollars in military aid promised to Israel, a senior U.S. administration official said Wednesday.

The $30 billion in aid promised to Israel over the next decade will not be harmed by the world financial crisis, the official told Israel Radio. He spoke on condition of anonymity.

The Obama Administration however expects the next government of Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu to continue peace negotiations with the Palestinians, he said.
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The increased military aid was promised to outgoing prime minister Ehud Olmert by then-under secretary of state for political affairs Nicholas Burns in August 2007.

Israel Radio also quoted the official as saying that if Hamas joins a Palestinian unity cabinet but does not accept the conditions of the Quartet of Middle East peace sponsors - the U.S., European Union, United Nations and Russia - the Obama Administration would have no dealings with that government.

The radical Islamist movement ruling Gaza is holding talks in Cairo with the secular Fatah party of moderate President Mahmoud Abbas and other factions on forming a unity government.

The talks in Cairo are a bid to reconcile between the rivaling factions, which have been locked in a bitter power struggle since Hamas beat Fatah in January 2006 elections and culminated in the Islamist group violently seizing sole control of Gaza in June 2007.

After the Hamas elections victory, the Quartet said it would boycott Hamas, unless it recognized Israel's right to exist, endorsed past interim peace deals calling for a two-state solution to the conflict, and renounced violence.


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      1.   Go Obama 16:17  |  Muslim 11/03/09
      2.   Yes, of course, and in the meantime .... 18:02  |  arik 11/03/09
      3.   Military Aid 20:29  |  Dave 11/03/09
      4.   Incentives to Putin to cut nuclear aid to Iran ? 20:55  |  Joseph.E 11/03/09
      5.   Obama is Sensible 20:56  |  Baruch Gold 11/03/09
      6.   military aid 21:00  |  ks 11/03/09
      7.   Obama knows 21:01  |  judith 11/03/09
      8.   Without conditions? C`mon... 21:08  |  David 11/03/09
      9.   arik...not to worry 21:11  |  Lynn 11/03/09
      10.   Military aid for Israel 21:15  |  Straight talk 11/03/09
      11.   NATIONS THAT ARE ARMED to the TEETH 21:41  |  jim the mechanic 11/03/09
      12.   # 3 Dave....Congress holds the purse strings 22:21  |  Lynn 11/03/09
      13.   Obama, stop being naive 22:31  |  David 11/03/09
      14.   The Money Was Authorized By Congress 23:13  |  Jeff Northridge 11/03/09
      15.   The US supports Israel 23:13  |  Gina 11/03/09
      16.   To #12 I wouldn`t swear about that 23:14  |  Serenity 11/03/09
      17.   Arik How is Obama 23:15  |  Angela 11/03/09
      18.   To David - 23:25  |  Eli 11/03/09
      19.   Seriously, how much aid do you need 00:01  |  morgan 12/03/09
      20.   Military Aid means more business for US.... 00:50  |  Stephen. 12/03/09
      21.   Anyone spot the trick? 01:38  |  Johnboy 12/03/09
      22.   Straight talk military aid to Israel vastly outgunned by hostle 07:16  |  PETER SM 12/03/09
      23.   #16 Israel outgunned by the muslims, PETER? 10:54  |  Johnboy 12/03/09
      24.   Pathetic 10:55  |  Paul 12/03/09
      25.   Aid to Israel 12:35  |  Noname 12/03/09
      26.   #6 bla bla bla...full of nonsense 14:45  |  clockwerk 12/03/09
      27.   #17 14:50  |  clockwerk 12/03/09
      28.   #18 14:54  |  clockwerk 12/03/09
      29.   #20 stephen 14:57  |  clockwerk 12/03/09
      30.   Obama can`t be relied upon 15:52  |  *BEN JABO 12/03/09
      31.   #23 Johngirl - She was outgunned in 1948 19:25  |  *BEN JABO 12/03/09
      32.   Why 19:39  |  Tsans 12/03/09
      33.   obama says this now;brass tacks;when it comes time,if Israel does 05:25  |  glenna 14/03/09
      34.   JOHNBOY The Idea is NOT to use WMD`s your side or Israel 13:00  |  PETER SM 14/03/09
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