Rep. Mike Johnson, the new GOP House Speaker, is eager to send military aid to Israel but is not willing to prioritize aid to Ukraine.
“We are going to move a stand-alone Israeli funding bill,” said Johnson during an appearance on Fox News’. Johnson picked up the speaker’s gavel this week after the ouster of former GOP speaker Kevin McCarthy.
"We are going to move a stand-alone Israeli funding bill" — Mike Johnson on Fox News says he's decoupling Israeli aid from Ukraine aid, the latter of which he suggests is not the same sort of "urgent need"Israel has launched an offensive against Gaza following the Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7 and the ongoing hostage crisis. “We believe that that is a pressing and urging need,” Johnson said of funding for Israel.
Last week during an interview with Sean Hannity, Johnson signaled that there is still hope for Ukraine funding — eventually. “We can’t allow Vladimir Putin to prevail in Ukraine, because I don’t believe it would stop there, and it would probably encourage and empower China to perhaps make a move on Taiwan,”President Biden has requested $61 billion to arm Ukraine against Russia and $14 billion for Israel, which already has a much better equipped military defense.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is participating in a third round of peace talks taking place in Malta, pushing his 10-point plan to end the war, which includes Russia withdrawing all troops from Ukraine and returning the territory of Crimea, which it annexed in 2014. Although 66 nations are taking part in the talks, Russia is absent. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharovain a video message this weekend. “Humanity will come to this understanding.
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