Interest rates and the swelling gap between what the federal government brings in and what it spends.

I'm David Brancaccio. First, the House of Representatives has yet to consider President Biden's request for more than

105 billion dollars in foreign aid since there's no leader of the house, no speaker.

The funding request includes 14 billion dollars for Israel given the Israel-Hamass war.

Marketplace is Nancy Marshall-Genser has more now on the history of U.S. aid to Israel and stipulations the U.S.

attaches.

The Congressional Research Service says the U.S. has given Israel

158 billion dollars since Israel was founded, not adjusting for inflation.

That makes Israel one of the biggest

recipients of US foreign aid since World War II. Brian Katulis at the Middle East

Institute says the US and Israel have developed things like the Iron Dome

Air Defense System together.

So it's very much interlinked and their joint projects.

USAID to Israel generally comes with strings attached to prevent human rights abuses on a call with reporters previewing last week's

foreign aid request.

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said all US arms transfers to Israel are, in

his words, rooted in the basic proposition they'll be used

consistent with the law of armed conflict but Brian Katula says it's hard to

police this aid okay how are they going to then try to enforce that and use this as leverage in a way that doesn't undermine the mission?

Kautula says any U.S. ally receiving aid has its own agenda, and U.S. officials may not have as much leverage as they think.

I'm Nancy Marshall Genser for Marketplace.

We're also covering the latest on the limited shipments of humanitarian aid now going

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