The US is expected to block military aid to an Israeli army unit. What is the Leahy law?


by FOX News

FOX News— 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...

The London Economic—Israeli leaders criticise expected US sanctions against military unit. The US is expected to announce sanctions against a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in the Israeli military.

SiliconBeat—Israeli leaders criticize expected US sanctions against military unit that could further strain ties. Israeli leaders on Sunday harshly criticized an expected decision by the U.S. to impose sanctions on a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in the Israeli military.

TheJournal.ie—Israeli leaders criticise expected US sanctions against ultra-Orthodox military unit. Netzah Yehuda, or Judea Forever, members have been linked to abuses against Palestinians.