According to the US State Department staff, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has ordered practically all US foreign aid, but has made an exception to provide financial support to Israel and Egypt. –
The memo said, “No new funds will be banned for the expansion of new awards or current awards unless every new award or extension is reviewed and approved … According to President Trump’s agenda “”
It seems that this clean order affects everything from development aid to military aid. It also includes Ukraine, which, which has acquired billions of dollars worth of weapons under Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden, because it tries to repel the Russian invasion.
But the memo has clearly exempted Israel for military aid – which has long been extended to the United States since the Gaza War of large weapons packages – and Egypt, which with Israel in 1979 The peace agreement was signed.
Just a few hours after taking office on Monday, Trump ordered a 90 -day break in foreign development aid, which led to his foreign policy reviewing competence and consistency.
But the scope of the order was not immediately known and it was not clear whether the US Congress decides the federal government’s budget to decrease whether financial support can be reduced. The move was discussed in Congress’s familiar dialogue in Congress, Trump’s ruling is illegal.
Sources said on condition of anonymity, “Freezing these international investment will help our international partners find other partners of funding – possibly in search of US rivals and opponents so that this Fill the hole and displace the influence of the United States, “this illegal misunderstanding continues. “
The Foreign Ministry’s memo immediately said that the senior official “will ensure that, to the maximum extent by the law, no new responsibility will be imposed for foreign aid” unless Robio Has made no decision after a review.
It states that stapwork orders for existing foreign aid awards will be issued immediately unless reviewed by Rubio.
“It has created chaos,” a former senior official with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) said on condition of anonymity.
The official said, “Organizations have to stop all activities, so all health services, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, maternity and children’s health, all agriculture work, all support of civil society organizations, education, education. , “.
A USAID official, who requested not to disclose his name, said that the officers responsible for the projects in Ukraine have been told to stop all the work. The projects that have been frozen in the projects include support for schools and health support and emergency maternity care and childhood vaccine vaccination, the official said.
In the next 85 days, after reviewing the board through Rubio, “this decision is to continue, amend or abolish or” programs will be created “. By then Rubio can approve the exemption. According to the memo, Rubio Has issued an exemption for emergency food assistance.
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It has come between Israel and Palestinian militant Hamas on Sunday and after a ceasefire between many other hunger crises around the world, including Sudan, and humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.
The State Department’s memo also said that the little ones has so far approved Rubio for “foreign military financing and administrative expenses for Israel and Egypt for management, including foreign military financing.”
Israel receives about $ 3.3 billion annually to finance the foreign military, while Egypt receives about $ 1.3 billion.
Other states identified for such financing in 2025 include Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Taiwan, Indonesia, The Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Djibouti, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Israel, Egypt and Jordan Yes. From the Biden administration.
The petition also states that foreign troops will also be financially supported “to” strengthen the ability to reduce the instability of the Lebanese Armed Forces and to combat malicious Iranian influence “.
The Lebanese army is currently trying to deploy in the south of the country as Israeli troops have withdrawn under a ceasefire agreement, in which Iranian -backed Hezbollah weapons and fighters need to be removed from the region.
