Wake up America! III -Billions of tax dollars for for Jewish fundamentalism in Israel is destroying America moral compass and sense of justice!
"A third difference is the sheer amount of aid the U.S. gives to Israel, unparalleled in the history of U.S. foreign policy. Israel
usually receives roughly one third of the entire foreign aid budget,
despite the fact that Israel comprises less than .001 of the world¹s
population and already has one of the world's higher per capita incomes. In other words,
Israel, a country of approximately 6 million people, is currently
receiving more U.S. aid than all of Africa, Latin America and the
Caribbean combined when you take out Egypt and Colombia.
This year, the U.S. Congress approved $2.76 billion in its annual
aid package for Israel. The total amount of direct U.S. aid to
Israel has been constant, at around $3 billion (usually 60% military
and 40% economic) per year for the last quarter century. A new plan
was recently implemented to phase out all economic aid and provide
corresponding increases in military aid by 2008. This year Israel is
receiving $2.04 billion in military aid and $720 million in economic
aid there is only military aid.
In addition to nearly $3 billion in direct aid, Israel usually gets
another $3 billion or so in indirect aid: military support from the
defense budget, forgiven loans, and special grants. While some of
the indirect aid is difficult to measure precisely, it is safe to
say that Israel¹s total aid (direct and indirect) amounts to at least five billion dollars
annually. " |
