Comment on Why is the US so into Israel?
CannedYeet@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoAre you sure about that?
Looks like the US gives Israel about $3B per year.
usafacts.org/…/how-much-military-aid-does-the-us-…
Versus Israel’s GDP of about $700B
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Israel
I think the main form of aid is the access to US weapons and technology and that’s largely about subsidizing the US defense industry. I think I read somewhere that US aid to Israel is literally sometimes in the form of vouchers/coupons they have to spend on weapons/defense tech.
That’s not to say we shouldn’t cut off that aid when it’s used to commit atrocities. Just saying get the facts straight.
Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We’ve given them over 30billion in cash and military equipment since January 1st. Trump literally bypassed congress to gift them a new fleet of fighter jets. We shouldn’t be paying them jack shit because they obviously are doing better according to you