] Israel has asked the United States for $9 billion in loan
] guarantees aimed at jumpstarting its economy which has
] been damaged by nearly three years of violence.
]
] The United States had threatened to reduce the package by
] the amount Israel spends on a security barrier cutting
] through the West Bank. Israel and the United States
] disagree over the course of the barrier, with Washington
] trying to minimize the amount of West Bank land included
] on the ``Israeli'' side.

Finally, the US is starting to take a harder line against Israel. I think its fair to say that a lot of our troubles with the Islamic world are directly attributable to our (totally bogus) policy towards Israel.

U.S. Threatens to Cut Aid to Israel Over Barrier