US may cut financial aid to Egypt

US Senate to vote on freezing $200m annual aid in attempt to pressure Egypt to crack down on weapons smuggling to Gaza. - Good Move! I say don't freeze it just stop it altogether
The United States Senate asked US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday to pressure Egypt into taking harsher actions against weapons smuggling into the Gaza Strip.

Thirty-two senators presented the secretary of state with a letter calling to push the Egyptians into taking harsher measures against those smuggling weapons to Hamas, and saying Egypt must insist Hamas stops firing Qassam rockets at Israel.

"As violence escalates and more and more people take up arms in Gaza, this is a critical moment for us to stop weapons from being smuggled into the area and rockets being fired at Israel.

"Doing nothing would only help increase the violence and killing," the letter said.