Subject:
US 3 Billion/year to Israel - US CAN'T AFFORD HEALTHCARE FOR US CITIZENS???
To:
President Barack Obama
Sen. Jack Reed
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Rep. Patrick Kennedy
October 12, 2009
US 3 Billion/year to Israel - US CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH CARE FOR US CITIZENS???
In August 2007, U.S. and Israeli officials signed a memorandum of understanding for a new 10-year, $30 billion aid package whereby FMF will gradually increase, beginning with $2.55 billion in FY '09, and average $3 billion per year over the 10-year period.
Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. aid since World War II (not counting the huge sums being spent in Iraq). The $3 billion or so per year that Israel receives from the U.S. amounts to about $500 per Israeli. Most of this money is earmarked in the annual Foreign Operations (foreign aid) appropriations bills, with the three major items being military grants (Foreign Military Financing, or FMF), economic grants (Economic Support Funds, or ESF), and "migration and refugee assistance.
Not earmarked but also included in congresssional appropriations bills is Israel's portion of grants for American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) and monies buried in the appropriations for other departments or agencies. These are mostly for so-called "U.S.-Israeli cooperative programs" in defense, agriculture, science, and hi-tech industries.
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US paying Israel 3 billion a year so the Zionist Israel Gov can afford to keep 10,000 Palestinian men, women & children in Israeli JAILS
the US Gov/Congress is sick & irrational
bristol , RI
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