Link: http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4853.shtml

On June 17, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs held a “mark-up” session on the budget. The subcommittee came under pressure from an antiwar group that sought to suspend or condition foreign aid over Israel’s use of US weapons which left 3000 Palestinians dead during the Bush administration. The subcommittee held its session in a tiny Capitol room denying activists and members of the press access. The budget quickly passed and is now before the full House Appropriations Committee. Israel enjoys “unusually wide infinite latitude in spending the [military assistance] funds,” according to the Wall Street Journal.