I give up!

[sunny88]

That’s only about $3 per US capita! We should be able to afford it, don’t we?

[afx114]

And how much has Israel received over the past handful of decades?

Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid
Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997)

• Foreign Aid Grants and Loans – $74,157,600,000
• Other U.S. Aid (12.2% of Foreign Aid) – $9,047,227,200
• Interest to Israel from Advanced Payments
  $1,650,000,000
• Grand Total – $84,854,827,200
• Total Benefits per Israeli – $14,630

Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S. Aid to Israel

• Grand Total – $84,854,827,200
• Interest Costs Borne by U.S. – $49,936,680,000
• Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers – $134,791,507,200
• Total Taxpayer Cost per Israeli – $23,240

Source: http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm

$900 mil is a drop in the bucket.

[afx114]

And how much has Israel received over the past handful of decades?

Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid
Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997)

• Foreign Aid Grants and Loans – $74,157,600,000
• Other U.S. Aid (12.2% of Foreign Aid) – $9,047,227,200
• Interest to Israel from Advanced Payments
  $1,650,000,000
• Grand Total – $84,854,827,200
• Total Benefits per Israeli – $14,630

Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S. Aid to Israel

• Grand Total – $84,854,827,200
• Interest Costs Borne by U.S. – $49,936,680,000
• Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers – $134,791,507,200
• Total Taxpayer Cost per Israeli – $23,240

Source: http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm

$900 mil is a drop in the bucket.

[afx114]

And how much has Israel received over the past handful of decades?

Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid
Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997)

• Foreign Aid Grants and Loans – $74,157,600,000
• Other U.S. Aid (12.2% of Foreign Aid) – $9,047,227,200
• Interest to Israel from Advanced Payments
  $1,650,000,000
• Grand Total – $84,854,827,200
• Total Benefits per Israeli – $14,630

Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S. Aid to Israel

• Grand Total – $84,854,827,200
• Interest Costs Borne by U.S. – $49,936,680,000
• Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers – $134,791,507,200
• Total Taxpayer Cost per Israeli – $23,240

Source: http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm

$900 mil is a drop in the bucket.

[afx114]

And how much has Israel received over the past handful of decades?

Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid
Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997)

• Foreign Aid Grants and Loans – $74,157,600,000
• Other U.S. Aid (12.2% of Foreign Aid) – $9,047,227,200
• Interest to Israel from Advanced Payments
  $1,650,000,000
• Grand Total – $84,854,827,200
• Total Benefits per Israeli – $14,630

Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S. Aid to Israel

• Grand Total – $84,854,827,200
• Interest Costs Borne by U.S. – $49,936,680,000
• Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers – $134,791,507,200
• Total Taxpayer Cost per Israeli – $23,240

Source: http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm

$900 mil is a drop in the bucket.

[afx114]

And how much has Israel received over the past handful of decades?

Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid
Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997)

• Foreign Aid Grants and Loans – $74,157,600,000
• Other U.S. Aid (12.2% of Foreign Aid) – $9,047,227,200
• Interest to Israel from Advanced Payments
  $1,650,000,000
• Grand Total – $84,854,827,200
• Total Benefits per Israeli – $14,630

Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S. Aid to Israel

• Grand Total – $84,854,827,200
• Interest Costs Borne by U.S. – $49,936,680,000
• Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers – $134,791,507,200
• Total Taxpayer Cost per Israeli – $23,240

Source: http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm

$900 mil is a drop in the bucket.

[Arraya]

This is patently absurd, to fund Israel’s violence to the tune of billions, only to turn around and hand millions to those they spent the billions killing. There must be an out-of-work contractor in Iraq and/or it is going to a puppet opposition party to Hamas.

[Arraya]

This is patently absurd, to fund Israel’s violence to the tune of billions, only to turn around and hand millions to those they spent the billions killing. There must be an out-of-work contractor in Iraq and/or it is going to a puppet opposition party to Hamas.

[Arraya]

This is patently absurd, to fund Israel’s violence to the tune of billions, only to turn around and hand millions to those they spent the billions killing. There must be an out-of-work contractor in Iraq and/or it is going to a puppet opposition party to Hamas.

[Arraya]

This is patently absurd, to fund Israel’s violence to the tune of billions, only to turn around and hand millions to those they spent the billions killing. There must be an out-of-work contractor in Iraq and/or it is going to a puppet opposition party to Hamas.

[Arraya]

This is patently absurd, to fund Israel’s violence to the tune of billions, only to turn around and hand millions to those they spent the billions killing. There must be an out-of-work contractor in Iraq and/or it is going to a puppet opposition party to Hamas.

[34f3f3f]

It does seem slightly contrary, but when you consider that the vast majority of Arabs consider the Palestine/Israel conflict to be at the very core of hatred towards the US, then it’s easy to see where this is coming from. According to Qutb, a Egyptian(?) academic who is widely thought of as the precursor to much of the dissent in the Arab world, US recognition of the State of Israel was widely seen as hypocritical and pandering to Jewish voters. Since it was Britain and France that instigated the partition, it’s not clear why they came down so hard on the US, but I suppose the colonial powers that prevailed were pretty much a spent force anyway by then, moreover the driving force behind continued US financial support is widely considered as corrupt and evil. It’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out.

[34f3f3f]

It does seem slightly contrary, but when you consider that the vast majority of Arabs consider the Palestine/Israel conflict to be at the very core of hatred towards the US, then it’s easy to see where this is coming from. According to Qutb, a Egyptian(?) academic who is widely thought of as the precursor to much of the dissent in the Arab world, US recognition of the State of Israel was widely seen as hypocritical and pandering to Jewish voters. Since it was Britain and France that instigated the partition, it’s not clear why they came down so hard on the US, but I suppose the colonial powers that prevailed were pretty much a spent force anyway by then, moreover the driving force behind continued US financial support is widely considered as corrupt and evil. It’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out.

[34f3f3f]

It does seem slightly contrary, but when you consider that the vast majority of Arabs consider the Palestine/Israel conflict to be at the very core of hatred towards the US, then it’s easy to see where this is coming from. According to Qutb, a Egyptian(?) academic who is widely thought of as the precursor to much of the dissent in the Arab world, US recognition of the State of Israel was widely seen as hypocritical and pandering to Jewish voters. Since it was Britain and France that instigated the partition, it’s not clear why they came down so hard on the US, but I suppose the colonial powers that prevailed were pretty much a spent force anyway by then, moreover the driving force behind continued US financial support is widely considered as corrupt and evil. It’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out.

[34f3f3f]

It does seem slightly contrary, but when you consider that the vast majority of Arabs consider the Palestine/Israel conflict to be at the very core of hatred towards the US, then it’s easy to see where this is coming from. According to Qutb, a Egyptian(?) academic who is widely thought of as the precursor to much of the dissent in the Arab world, US recognition of the State of Israel was widely seen as hypocritical and pandering to Jewish voters. Since it was Britain and France that instigated the partition, it’s not clear why they came down so hard on the US, but I suppose the colonial powers that prevailed were pretty much a spent force anyway by then, moreover the driving force behind continued US financial support is widely considered as corrupt and evil. It’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out.

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