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President Barack Obamas deputies are negotiating a $1 billion aid package with Egypts new Islamist government, even as Egypts cash-strapped military revealed that it is trying to buy $1 billion worth of German submarines that could threat Israels fast-growing offshore energy projects.
The Germans government has pointedly declined to deny the incendiary revelation about Egypts request to buy the two submarines.
Instead, the German government offered vague support for Israel, which is facing renewed threats from Irans nuclear program and the Muslim Brotherhoods rise to power in Egypt.
There has been no change in the German governments position towards Israel, in the commitment the German government feels towards Israels security, a spokesman for Germanys prime ministers told Der Speigel, a major German newspaper.
State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland did not respond to an inquiry by The Daily Caller.
The submarine purchase will likely be an issue in the U.S. election, because both parties are vying for support from a relatively large concentration of swing-voting Jewish Americans in Florida.
During the Democrats convention in Charlotte, for example, several speakers declared that Obama is a strong supporter of Israels defense.
The Democratic platform reflects the presidents unflinching commitment to Israels security and future as a Jewish state, former Rep. David Wexler declared Sept. 4. To strengthen Israels qualitative military advantage, the president has increased security assistance to Israel to record levels more than any other president, he claimed.
Those declarations came after party leaders OKd a platform document that did not recognize Jerusalem as Israels capital. Obama reversed the decision, and directed that Jerusalem be cited in the platform document.
Islamist groups, including Egypts Muslim Brotherhood and their supporters in the United States, oppose any recognition of Israel and its capital city...
Read more: Obama aids Egypt as it tries to buy U-boats | The Daily Caller
The Germans government has pointedly declined to deny the incendiary revelation about Egypts request to buy the two submarines.
Instead, the German government offered vague support for Israel, which is facing renewed threats from Irans nuclear program and the Muslim Brotherhoods rise to power in Egypt.
There has been no change in the German governments position towards Israel, in the commitment the German government feels towards Israels security, a spokesman for Germanys prime ministers told Der Speigel, a major German newspaper.
State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland did not respond to an inquiry by The Daily Caller.
The submarine purchase will likely be an issue in the U.S. election, because both parties are vying for support from a relatively large concentration of swing-voting Jewish Americans in Florida.
During the Democrats convention in Charlotte, for example, several speakers declared that Obama is a strong supporter of Israels defense.
The Democratic platform reflects the presidents unflinching commitment to Israels security and future as a Jewish state, former Rep. David Wexler declared Sept. 4. To strengthen Israels qualitative military advantage, the president has increased security assistance to Israel to record levels more than any other president, he claimed.
Those declarations came after party leaders OKd a platform document that did not recognize Jerusalem as Israels capital. Obama reversed the decision, and directed that Jerusalem be cited in the platform document.
Islamist groups, including Egypts Muslim Brotherhood and their supporters in the United States, oppose any recognition of Israel and its capital city...
Read more: Obama aids Egypt as it tries to buy U-boats | The Daily Caller