The US Congress has approved the law which provides the Israeli occupation with the annual $3.3 billion of US security assistance. According to the allegations of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, the assistance provided by the US is intended to organize a series of programmes aimed at advancing the “peace process” in the region. The law also includes a demand for establishing a Palestinian State in addition to other questions that Republicans believe are problematic for “Israel”. On the other hand, five U.S. Democrats, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, went to the Washington Department of Finance with a request to tax American institutions operating in eastern Jerusalem and West Bank settlements. The request stated that exempting these institutions from paying taxes expands and immortalizes the settlement project, which plunders land from Palestinians. For further details, click here