[gogogodzilla]

Why? If America doesn’t want to give the money to Israel, then Congress will vote not to give the money to Israel.

As for Israel, they would be better off without the money, for they would then have no strings to hold them back when it came time to deal with what they need to deal with.

[stormer]

The United States wants to give Israel money and Israel wants the aid. And frankly, for Israel it isn't a question of cash - it's loan guarantees, fuel, and spare parts for military hardware. Whoever decided to make the announcement while the VP was there dropped the ball - it was an embarrassing diplomatic blunder that shouldn't have happened, and wouldn't have if the decision was made at a higher level.