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I just write "US aid Israel settlements" and get flooded with links in Google, like the Stanford Univ. link I posted. Here it is again for convenience:
stanford.edu
U.S. Aid to Israel
Receiving $3.5 billion per year, Israel is the single largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid, accounting for over one-quarter of the entire U.S. foreign aid budget. Aid to Israel is immune to budget cuts and has never been used to pressure Israel to accept a peaceful settlement or to cease its illegal practices.
stanford.edu
Impact of Aid to Israel
Arguably, the large amounts of U.S. aid to the Israeli government have not been as beneficial to Israel as many would suspect. Most of the economic assistance has gone primarily to finance non-productive sectors such as settlements and the military, as well as to finance loan repayments to American banks.
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Israel Gets Away With Spending U.S. Aid on West Bank Settlements
washington-report.org
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Israeli colonial settlements in the West Bank and Gaza could not be built without US subsidies.
It is this supply of US armaments, technology and funds which plays a vital role in giving Israel the capacity to launch attacks on Palestinian territories, Lebanon and elsewhere and to continue to build and expand its settlements on Palestinian land.
thepaper.org.au
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US Aid to Israel - Feeding the Cuckoo
Every so often, an American president will state that aid to Israel will be made conditional on it not being spent in the Occupied Territories. However, once the aid is handed over to Israel, then there is absolutely no control over it. Israelis can always disingenuously claim that the funds for the settlements come from other accounts
www.counterpunch.org/rooij1116.html
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In a letter to Alan Larson, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economics, Americans for Peace Now (APN) today encouraged the Bush Administration to emphasize with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that he should look at budget cuts for programs that support Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza at a time when needy segments of the Israeli public are being asked to absorb reductions in their budget allocations. APN's mission is to enhance Israel's security through peace and to support the Israeli Peace Now movement.
U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer's observation that Israel prefers investing in the settlements rather than in the disabled is, unfortunately, all too accurate.
"As a Zionist organization, APN has consistently supported the regular U.S. aid package that is provided to Israel each year, and we have supported supplemental aid for Israel under special circumstances. It is, however, quite true that substantial funds are still going to the settlements rather than needy portions of Israeli society, and we continue to advocate for a change in prioritization of Israeli budget allocations. In our view, these settlements undermine Israeli security and serve as an impediment to progress in the peace process."
peacenow.org
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Jewish Voices Against Israel's Occupation of Palestinian Territories
As Jews and U.S. taxpayers, we call upon the U.S. Government to
1. suspend military aid to Israel until it withdraws completely from occupied territories, and
2. reduce economic aid by the amount Israel spends on maintaining the settlements
jvao.org
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