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Aid To Israel - Time To Set Conditions
Scanning the world media and the Internet, one can see that a growing number of Israelis, American Jews and Jews in other countries deeply feel the truth of the foregoing paragraphs. As shown in writings by Uri Avnery of Gush Shalom and others, many of them delicately balance a growing concern about the future survival of Israel with an increasing shame about Israeli repression of the people of Palestine.
Aid To Israel - Time To Set Conditions
By Terrell E. Arnold
1-11-03
In the past few days both print and electronic media have reported that Ariel Sharon will present a request to the US for $15 billion for 2003. That request will be in addition to $3 billion that Israel has received regularly from the United States since the 1967 War. In current, that is 2001 dollars÷adjusted for inflation÷the Christian Science Monitor estimates that Israel has received about $240 billion in assistance÷an average of $8 billion per year in grants and loans--in the past 30 years. Among them, Israel (240 billion), Egypt (117 billion), and Jordan (22 billion) have received more US aid in those three decades than all other US aid receiving countries of the world combined. The amazing feature of this situation is that while other aid receiving countries have run up long-term debts to the United States, Israel has not. The reason is the US Congress regularly forgives each new loan to Israel.
Sharon can ask for these incredible amounts of US aid without a care, because the record shows that Israel will never have to repay it. Moreover, Israel enjoys several advantages over any other aid recipient. Aid is provided at the beginning of the year in a lump sum with no strings attached. Israel is not required, as others, to spend the funds in the United States. Israel also benefits from highly US subsidized joint R&D programs.
By Terrell E. Arnold
1-11-03
In the past few days both print and electronic media have reported that Ariel Sharon will present a request to the US for $15 billion for 2003. That request will be in addition to $3 billion that Israel has received regularly from the United States since the 1967 War. In current, that is 2001 dollars÷adjusted for inflation÷the Christian Science Monitor estimates that Israel has received about $240 billion in assistance÷an average of $8 billion per year in grants and loans--in the past 30 years. Among them, Israel (240 billion), Egypt (117 billion), and Jordan (22 billion) have received more US aid in those three decades than all other US aid receiving countries of the world combined. The amazing feature of this situation is that while other aid receiving countries have run up long-term debts to the United States, Israel has not. The reason is the US Congress regularly forgives each new loan to Israel.
Sharon can ask for these incredible amounts of US aid without a care, because the record shows that Israel will never have to repay it. Moreover, Israel enjoys several advantages over any other aid recipient. Aid is provided at the beginning of the year in a lump sum with no strings attached. Israel is not required, as others, to spend the funds in the United States. Israel also benefits from highly US subsidized joint R&D programs.
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We are really a stupid nation for not cutting off to Israel now. We are a cruel nation for letting such aid continue with knowledge that crimes against humanity are being committed by the recipient of that aid, namely Israel.
Sharon is a war criminal. Please spead the facts, protest, write letters, and do everything that you can do to stop aid to Israel.
Thank you,
Daniel O'Phelan
NO MORE U.S. AID TO APARTHEID ISRAEL!
We must let our leaders know with Barbara Lee what she must say to Israeli delegates asking for $12 BILLION more in aid right now in DC: JUST SAY NO!!!!!
We must educate our fellow American citizens about Israel and Zionism and the ethnic cleansing our tax dollars are supporting!!!!!!! Zionism is blatant racism!!!!!! NO MORE RACISM! NO MORE ZIONISM IN OUR US GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES! !!!!!!!!!
No more aid to Egpyt either!!! All that is is "hush money" anyway, so that Egypt doesn't complain too much about what Israel is doing to the Palestinians! That money doesn't go to help the Egyptian people! It just stays with the elite government!! My Egyptian friends have told me this and everyone who's familiar with the situation knows its true. The Egyptian people would gladly give up the US hush money in exchange for NO US AID TO ISRAEL!!!!!