(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Granger said in an interview with Jerusalem Post “The United States aid to Egypt is predicated on the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and so the relationship between Egypt and Israel is extremely important”.
The remark came as tension between Cairo and Tel Aviv increased after Israeli forces killed five Egyptian border guards on Thursday at Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip.
The United States' annual aid has been provided to Egypt since the Cairo-Tel Aviv peace treaty was signed.
Granger is the chairwoman of the US House appropriations foreign operations subcommittee, which is the institution in charge if setting the US foreign aid bill.
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