Saturday, September 22, 2012

How Much Military Aid Does The U.S. Give To Israel?

Here's How Much America REALLY Spends On Israel's Defense -- Business Insider

Last week the Jerusalem Post reported that former Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Commander-in-Chief Gabi Ashkenazi told a conference that U.S. taxpayers have contributed more to the Israeli defense budget than Israeli taxpayers in the past three years.

This comment has been passed around everywhere.

Alison Weir of Veterans News Now pointed out it was the first instance of an Israeli leader saying that U.S. taxpayers contribute more money to Israel's defense budget than Israeli taxpayers.

But the claim seemed fishy to us.

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My Comment: They can sugarcoat it all that they want .... but that is still an incredible amount of military aid.

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