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Re: Is Israel doing the right thing by remaining neutral?

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Mon, 21 Mar 22 4:04 PM | 7 view(s)
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I understand what you are saying. I've never quite understood the US relationship with Israel.

It's not a nice neighbourhood, of course, and of the countries thereabouts they may be the best available ally. But it seems like the relationship has something almost religious about it. For the Dems, a Jewish voting bloc. For the Republicans, the end times weirdness.

And yes, it is odd how the US subsidises the Israeli military to the extent it does.

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Re: Is Israel doing the right thing by remaining neutral?
By: clo2 in ALEA
Mon, 21 Mar 22 12:29 PM 		Msg. 44995 of 54959

I have a problem with the amount of money we give them.

THE LARGESS OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO ISRAEL

Through FY2020, the United States has provided Israel with $146 billion in military, economic, and missile defense funding. Adjusted for inflation, this amount is equivalent to $236 billion in 2018 dollars, making Israel the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. assistance since World War II.

Today, almost all U.S. assistance to Israel is in the form of weapons grants. Israel receives $3.3 billion annually in foreign military financing (FMF). It also receives $500 million for joint U.S.-Israeli research, development, and deployment of missile defense systems; however, these anti-missile systems almost wholly benefit Israeli military needs. In FY2021, the administration of former president Donald Trump requested $3.3 billion in FMF for Israel, constituting 59 percent of the requested global FMF budget. Israel receives more FMF than all other countries in the world combined (see figure 1).

more:
http://carnegieendowment.org/2021/05/12/bringing-assistance-to-israel-in-line-with-rights-and-u.s.-laws-pub-84503

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