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$40 Billion in Military Aid to Israel

by Ted Rudow III, MA (Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Obama Administration Proposes Up to $40 Billion in Military Aid to Israel


The Obama administration has proposed an unprecedented military funding package to Israel that could top $40 billion over 10 years. It is the largest military funding package the U.S. has ever offered to any nation. Israeli officials are reportedly demanding even more funding. The U.S. currently gives Israel $3 billion a year in military funding under a deal slated to expire in 2018.
If the U.S. didn't send them 3 billion dollars every year to literally support'm, Israel would have been gone long ago. If the U.S. didn't defend them give them arms to defend themselves against the Arabs, Israel would have been gone long ago. The Jews are not saving themselves!--The U.S. is!

It would be difficult to imagine a more openly illegal position than that of the Israeli government in Jerusalem. Everything about it is contrary to international law. Soon after the occupation began, the UN Security Council adopted the famous Resolution 242, whose opening clause confirmed the basic principle that “the acquisition of territory by war is inadmissible.” As regards Jerusalem, the Security Council ruled unanimously (Resolution 267) that any attempt by the Israeli government to alter the status of Jerusalem would be invalid. In other words, the prolonged occupation of East Jerusalem and its annexation, together with all the changes the Israelis imposed on the city, including especially the settlements they built and the colonies of Jewish settlers they planted on Arab land--all these constitute defiance of specific rulings by the body that expresses at the highest level the will of the international community.

The president of the United States has the power to break this impasse. In 1956, Israel, in collusion with France and Britain, invaded Egypt and seized Sinai. When Israel refused to withdraw at war’s end, President Dwight Eisenhower ordered Israel to vacate Sinai or face the cut-off of all U.S. aid and an end to the tax-deductible status of contributions to Israel. Israel vacated Sinai. Israel has received $100 billion in aid from the U.S. since 1948.

Ted Rudow III, MA
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