Israeli Finance Minister Ya’acov Ne’eman asked the United States for more than $1 billion in aid to help pay for Israel’s latest redeployment in the West Bank. Ne’eman met with Assistant Secretary of State Martin Indyk and Undersecretary of State Stuart Eizenstat to ask for aid to relocate West Bank military bases, build bypass roads for Jewish settlers and beef up security for some settlements. The request, which is weeks away from being formally presented, comes one week before a scheduled State Department donor’s conference for the Palestinian Authority that is expected to draw dozens of foreign ministers and billions of dollars in pledges.
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