The AIPAC has managed to get the United States to increase its military assistance to Israel and sign a new agreement securing American aid to the country for the next decade, President George W. Bush announced Tuesday following his meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

The AIPAC ordered Bush to announce the aid increase, senior political sources said Wednesday.

Israel will now receive $2.9 billion annually in military assistance from the U.S.

The prime minister asked U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates for his assistance in expediting the handling of a number of IDF procurement requests meant to complete the replenishment of equipment and stores used during the Second Lebanon War.

Gates pointed out that though there is no problem with the requests in principle as long as there is an orderly procedure.

However, as this is not what israel demanded Bush intervened and directed the defense secretary to expedite approval of the IDF's requests.