Nikki Haley slams Vivek Ramaswamy over plan to end most Israel aid by 2028By Ryan King
August 21, 2023
Republican Presidential candidate Nikki Haley blasted fellow White House contender Vivek Ramaswamy Monday after the entrepreneur floated the prospect of phasing out US aid to Israel by 2028.
Ramaswamy billed his Middle East plan as the “Abraham Accords 2.0,” to include a bid to broker peace agreements between the Jewish state and more of its Arab neighbors, which he argued would lessen the need for US support.
“If we’re successful, the true mark of success for the US, and for Israel, will be to get to a 2028 where Israel is so strongly standing on its own two feet, integrated into the economic and security infrastructure of the rest of the Middle East, that it will not require and be dependent on that same level of historical aid or commitment from the US,” Ramaswamy told the Washington Free Beacon Sunday.
The current US aid package of $38 billion to Israel expires in 2028.
Ramaswamy, 38, also suggested on a podcast hosted by British actor and comedian Russell Brand last week that Israel received preferential treatment from Washington.
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https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/nikki-haley-rebukes-vivek-ramaswamy-over-call-to-end-aid-to-israel-by-2028/
