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A photograph of a Gaza tunnel uncovered by IDF troops last year. Though the army believes the featured tunnel was dug in order to carry out attacks in Israel, similar ones are said being used to smuggle weapons from Egypt to Gaza. (IDF Spokesperson) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 17:08 22/06/2007 House okays Egypt aid cut over Gaza smuggling, human rights By Reuters and Haaretz Service The House of Representatives voted Friday to withhold $200 million in military funds for Egypt until Cairo shows it is stopping weapons-smuggling from Egypt to the Gaza Strip and improving human rights abuses. The $34.2 billion foreign aid bill, for the fiscal year beginning on October 1, passed by a vote of 241-178. The Senate has not yet debated the bill. The House bill also reiterates that no U.S. funds can be channeled to Hamas. Advertisement On Monday, the United States lifted an aid embargo on the Palestinian government to bolster Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, while isolating Hamas Islamists, who have taken over Gaza. The bill would also bar U.S. diplomatic operations in Libya until Tripoli pays off families of those killed in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland. While it denies Bush's request for more economic aid to Iraq, the bill would spend $1 million to finance a second Iraq Study Group evaluation of the country, where U.S. forces have been fighting since 2003. Earlier this week, U.S. President George W. Bush announced after meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that the United States would increase its military assistance to Israel to ensure its "qualitative military edge" and sign a new agreement securing American aid to the country for the next decade. Olmert told the president that an announcement on the increase in aid would be an expression of American support for Israel against the growing threats to its existence in the region. Bookmark to del.icio.us Blast from the past The donkey is making a comeback as the prevalent form of transportation in Gaza. U.S. anti-Semitism The ZOA condemns the U.S. government for failing to protect Jewish students.   1.   IF ISRAEL CAN`T STOP IT! EGYPTIANS CAN`T! 12:03  |  Bob 22/06/07   2.   Now hear the objections 12:13  |  Jasmine Murphy 22/06/07   3.   To #1 Egypt controls its own territory, not US not Israel ! 12:17  |  Rolandus 22/06/07   4.   step in the right direction -G-d bless US & Israel 12:30  |  don 22/06/07   5.   American politicians are bought and sold like cattle 12:32  |  Natallie Durson 22/06/07   6.   Stop arms smuggling, make it regular imports to 12:40  |  Andreas 22/06/07   7.   Thank you, US Members of Congress! If Egypt does not wish to 12:49  |  Anat 22/06/07   8.   #3 Rolandus - If Jordan can do it, then so can Egypt 12:50  |  Sarah 22/06/07   9.   house okays islamic brotherhood in eygpt to form an islamic govt. 13:21  |  solomon 22/06/07   10.   military aid 14:18  |  democrat 22/06/07   11.   "The fools on the hill" 14:36  |  Roger Bannister 22/06/07   12.   Which one is tue? 14:43  |  Ahmose The Egyptian 22/06/07   13.   Correct decision! Egypt should control its border with GAZA. 15:10  |  Vittorio 22/06/07   14.   #12 `THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY... 15:14  |  John Allen 22/06/07   15.   @"Bob" | #1 Keep dreaming, who cares ... 15:34  |  Amazed 22/06/07   16.   @"Bob" | #1 Keep dreaming, who cares ... 15:34  |  Amazed 22/06/07   17.   Gaza airport 15:40  |  Guido 22/06/07   18.   #1 Israel can do it too, if the UN will let it 15:49  |  Gili 22/06/07   19.   Ahmose # 12 16:02  |  ChanahS 22/06/07   20.   # 1 Bob 16:09  |  Lynn 22/06/07   21.   THEY UNDERSTAND THE PSYCHOLOGY 16:24  |  Ian 22/06/07   22.   An answer for Ahmose #12 16:24  |  Polybios 22/06/07   23.   Guido # 17 16:26  |  ChanahS 22/06/07   24.   Aid to Egypt??? 16:29  |  William 22/06/07   25.   17: Guido`s senseless act of agression 16:32  |  David Teich 22/06/07   26.   Why bar relations with Libya now? 16:37  |  Sandra 22/06/07   27.   Thank God for American cattle! 17:22  |  Murray of Montreal 22/06/07   28.   To the USA and Israel: Do not push the limits 17:22  |  Egyptian Pharaoh. 22/06/07   29.   To the USA and Israel: Do not push the limits 17:23  |  Egyptian Pharaoh. 22/06/07   30.   `2 Jasmine Murphy 17:27  |  Labhras 22/06/07   31.   House okays loss of one of few remaining US friends 17:34  |  Michael 22/06/07   32.   #1 Bob - It`s INCUMBENT upon Egypt to stop it 17:57  |  * BEN JABO 22/06/07   33.   #6 Andreas 17:59  |  * BEN JABO 22/06/07   34.   This is the best initiative 18:00  |  Rafa 22/06/07   35.   ChannahS & Polybios 18:04  |  Ahmose The Egyptian 22/06/07   36.   #10 Democrat ?? 18:07  |  * BEN JABO 22/06/07   37.   #1 - security and mutual projection of human life "dirty work"? 18:18  |  William 22/06/07   38.   Durson #5 in LA LA land 18:22  |  William 22/06/07   39.   Kill two birds with one stone 18:24  |  William 22/06/07   40.   Gaza airport (Guido) 18:26  |  Murray of Montreal 22/06/07   41.   This is one of those "remember when" questions 18:34  |  Mark Lincoln 22/06/07   42.   Nice start 18:46  |  Gee 22/06/07   43.   The Timing Is Incredibly Stupid 18:48  |  Yosemite 22/06/07   44.   Egyptian Pharaoh. #28 18:53  |  Gee 22/06/07   45.   Democrat controlled congress 19:13  |  Gina 22/06/07   46.   #13 Vittorio; you talk like a fish! 19:18  |  ballistic 22/06/07   47.   #24 William 19:21  |  ballistic 22/06/07   48.   Ahmose and Mark Lincoln 19:24  |  Polybios 22/06/07   49.   #26 Sandra; more propaganda, I guess! 19:24  |  ballistic 22/06/07   50.   Gee - the irony 19:25  |  Mark Lincoln 22/06/07   51.   #32 Golly day Ben Jabo, more BS pushed. 19:27  |  ballistic 22/06/07   52.   #36 Well, here goes Ben Jabo again advocating 19:31  |  ballistic 22/06/07   53.   Egyptian Pharoah # 29 19:57  |  ChanahS 22/06/07   54.   Ahmose # 35 20:00  |  ChanahS 22/06/07   55.   Ben Jabo 20:06  |  Sam 22/06/07   56.   To #29 Egyptian Pharao 20:27  |  Dik 22/06/07   57.   Pals in Gaza 20:35  |  Dik 22/06/07   58.   to Egyptian Pharoah 20:44  |  Ghetto Fighter 22/06/07   59.   Baksheesh 20:52  |  Nemesis 22/06/07   60.   Egyptian Pharao - He who laughs last laughs best 21:49  |  Richard 22/06/07   61.   THE REST OF THE STORY 21:52  |  Mark of Lewiston 22/06/07   62.   No Jasmine You are Wrong 22:03  |  Bernie 22/06/07   63.   Don, That`s Funny 22:06  |  Bernie 22/06/07   64.   # 29 Egyptian 22:54  |  Lynn 22/06/07   65.   subsidized 23:12  |  ilan 22/06/07   66.   Can`t Stop Terrorism Without Harming Terrorists 09:29  |  Efox 23/06/07   67.   Dare we hope to read 10:36  |  samos 23/06/07   68.   67: Yes, Samos, we can 16:54  |  David Teich 24/06/07   69.   Two degrees off leads an astronaut to another planet 03:51  |  Brit 26/06/07   70.   Push Limits? 07:10  |  Yishi Ben-Avraham 21/12/07

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