Aid package

Israel sends 80-person rescue delegation to earthquake-hit Colombia

The delegation, headed by the commander of the Home Front Command's National Rescue and Rescue Unit, Brig.-General (res.) Yossi Pinto, includes both regular duty soldiers and reservists.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Home Front Command sends a delegation to Colombia following a deadly earthquake, August 13, 2026
Rescue workers and residents stand atop a collapsed building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, August 10, 2026

Israel sends aid delegation to Colombia in aftermath of earthquake that killed at least 250 people

Emergency teams aided by police, soldiers and volunteers have been working with excavators and, at times, their bare hands, hunting for survivors beneath debris.

|ByESTHER DAVIS
Dr. Dan Diker, President of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA)

Israel must 'open its eyes' as House votes on US-Israel aid, JCFA pres. tells 'Post' - interview

"It's clear that the Democratic Party has moved consequentially to the left, and that they are much more heavily influenced by people on the progressive flank," Diker told the Post.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks to the press as he exits a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington.

House rejects bill to strip Israel aid despite over 100 Democrats voting to cut funding

The House voted 314 to 104 to defeat the measure, offered as an amendment to a State Department spending bill by Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

|ByREUTERS

Saudi Arabia mulls continuing aid to Palestinians amid Israel deal talks

Palestinian leaders have been reticent about all such deals after having been taken by surprise by the 2020 Abraham Accords.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas before the start of the 29th Arab Summit in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia April 15, 2018

US to send Ukraine new security aid worth $200 million - State Dept

Anti armour weaponry will be supplied to Ukraine in the new deal.

AUGUST 14, 2023ByREUTERS
Ukrainian service members of the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade fire a Vampire multiple launch rocket system towards Russian troops, May 31 2023