The US House of Representatives has approved a $3.3 billion aid package for Israel as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations act, fulfilling a 2016 agreement.
Meanwhile, three new F-35I fighter jets (pictured above) landed in an airforce base set up by Israel on land they stole from the Palestinian people earlier today, bringing the number of fifth-generation stealth aircraft that the Israeli occupation Air Force has in its arsenal to 48.
The three fighter jets traveled from the United States to the Nevatim Airbase in southern “Israel” where they will join Israel’s 116th and 140th squadrons.
The legislation, passed by the US House earlier this week, and headed to the US Senate and then to the desk of President Donald Trump to sign off on, includes military financing, restrictions on funding for UNRWA, and limitations on the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.
The bipartisan effort was led by Chairman Tom Cole and Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, who steered the bill through the House.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the third-largest lobbying organization in the United States, hailed the vote as a strong reinforcement of the US-Israel alliance. Supporters included some so-called ‘progressive’ Democrats, like Representatives Jasmine Crockett and Ro Khanna.
“The pro-Israel provisions in this bill further reinforce the bipartisan and ironclad support for the US-Israel partnership in Congress,” Aipac said in a statement.
“These resources help ensure that our ally can confront shared strategic threats and that America has a strong and capable ally in the heart of the Middle East,” the statement added.
The funds come in the form of ‘Foreign Military Financing’, or FMF funding.
Unlike foreign military sales, by which countries use their own sovereign funds to buy American weapons systems, FMF is a programme in which the US taxpayer purchases weapons from defence companies on behalf of a foreign country.
Israel is the biggest recipient of FMF. The 10-year agreement under which Israel receives roughly $3.3bn in taxpayer-funded weapons each year is set to expire in 2028 and must be renegotiated.
Since the Israeli invasion of Gaza in October 2023, and the subsequent genocide and decimation of the Palestinian population, schools, hospitals, critical infrastructure, and 90% of the housing in Gaza by Israeli bombardment, the US supplied an additional $26 billion in weapons and military assistance to Israel to assist in the genocide of the Palestinian people.
According to a report published by Brown University, the total amount given to Israel by the US over the past two years is actually even higher – $34 billion.
The proposed legislation explicitly blocks US security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza unless the US Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the Palestinians are meeting specific US benchmarks. These include taking steps to end alleged “torture” and other abuses by Palestinian security forces. Aid would also be cut off if Palestinians initiate or support any International Criminal Court (ICC) investigations against Israeli nationals.
This is despite the fact that Israeli security forces are documented to have tortured to death over 130 Palestinians in Israeli custody, while holding an estimated 10,000 more in horrific conditions with daily torture taking place at Sde Teiman and other Israeli death camps. There is no evidence of Palestinians engaging in torture of Israelis, and no Israelis are being held by Palestinians at this time. So the US stipulation on Palestinian aid is a patently false assertion, and an attempt to shield Israeli torturers and death camp administrators from prosecution by the International Criminal Court.
