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Not just that. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf

iDisagreedEar 5y ago
127$/US citizen tax to murder people you never met. It's worse than that, you can't even travel as an American without people thinking you support murdering people.
devmunchies 5y ago
$38 billion. woah. if US continues to give Israel unconditional aid then it will start to look like a vassal state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassal_state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassal_state
- alisonkisk 5y ago
  The US needs an ally in the Middle East that is more reliable than any of the Arab nations are. Better than being even more beholden to Saudi Arabia. US interests also benefit quite a lot from Israeli industry, from Intel to Cellebrite
- iskander 5y ago
  It's primarily a subsidy for American weapons manufacturers (from whom the Israelis have to make purchases), mixed with a hefty R&D budget for new military technology like Iron Dome.
  - bombcar 5y ago
    Exactly. And it keeps Israel from buying similar equipment from Russia or China (and helping support those developers).
  - vanusa 5y ago
    "Primarily" is more than a bit of stretch, here. All observation of U.S.-Israel relations since 1967 indicate that it's driven by a very strong ideological (and perceived electoral) component. In fact it's hard to think of a single case of a ("friendly") country for which the degree of U.S. support is less ideological. Pork barreling plays a role for sure as well, but it's definitely second fiddle.
lr4444lr 5y ago
While that at a glance looks likr a thorough source, you might want to mention that most of that aid was a result of the after math of the 1973 war, which led to a stabilization of the Suez region militarily, friendly relations between Egypt (which also got annual aid from the deal) and U.S., the Camp David Accords, and an enduring peace that's nearing half a century between Egypt and Israel.

127$/US citizen tax to murder people you never met. It's worse than that, you can't even travel as an American without people thinking you support murdering people.

devmunchies 5y ago

$38 billion. woah. if US continues to give Israel unconditional aid then it will start to look like a vassal state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassal_state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassal_state

alisonkisk 5y ago
The US needs an ally in the Middle East that is more reliable than any of the Arab nations are. Better than being even more beholden to Saudi Arabia. US interests also benefit quite a lot from Israeli industry, from Intel to Cellebrite
iskander 5y ago
It's primarily a subsidy for American weapons manufacturers (from whom the Israelis have to make purchases), mixed with a hefty R&D budget for new military technology like Iron Dome.
- bombcar 5y ago
  Exactly. And it keeps Israel from buying similar equipment from Russia or China (and helping support those developers).
- vanusa 5y ago
  "Primarily" is more than a bit of stretch, here. All observation of U.S.-Israel relations since 1967 indicate that it's driven by a very strong ideological (and perceived electoral) component. In fact it's hard to think of a single case of a ("friendly") country for which the degree of U.S. support is less ideological. Pork barreling plays a role for sure as well, but it's definitely second fiddle.

lr4444lr 5y ago

While that at a glance looks likr a thorough source, you might want to mention that most of that aid was a result of the after math of the 1973 war, which led to a stabilization of the Suez region militarily, friendly relations between Egypt (which also got annual aid from the deal) and U.S., the Camp David Accords, and an enduring peace that's nearing half a century between Egypt and Israel.