WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce as soon as Monday that it’s blocking military aid to an Israeli army unit over gross human rights abuses in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before the war in Gaza began six months ago.
The move would mark the first time in the decades-long partnership between the two countries that a U.S. administration has invoked a landmark 27-year-old congressional act known as the Leahy law against an Israeli military unit.
It comes as the U.S.-Israeli relationship is under growing strain over civilian deaths and suffering in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
Here’s a look at the Leahy law and how it could be invoked:
Former Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy championed legislation that became the Leahy law in the 1990s, saying the U.S. needed a tool to block American military aid and training to foreign security units guilty of extrajudicial killings, rapes, torture and other flagrant human rights abuses.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Beyond Meat urges investors to look past bumpy Q1, says new US burger could reignite salesStock market today: Global shares mixed after Wall Street's lull stretches to a 2nd dayYankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton hits 119.9 mph home run, hardestMontgomery throws 7 solid innings and Diamondbacks hold off Reds 4Connecticut lawmakers adjourn session, fail to pass AI regulations but pass absentee ballot reformsSabrina Carpenter shows off her toned frame in sizzling new campaign for Marc JacobsEurovision explained, as the contest is shadowed by IsraelWhat will Utah's NHL team be called? Here are 20 optionsGunmen kill 7 barbers in Pakistan's volatile Baluchistan provinceUrologist convicted of patient sex abuse, including of minors
3.0613s , 6491.28125 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by The US is expected to block aid to an Israeli military unit. What is Leahy law that it would cite? ,Global Glossary news portal