U.S. taxpayers paid more to Israeli defense budget
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Topic: U.S. taxpayers paid more to Israeli defense budget
Posted By: semar
Subject: U.S. taxpayers paid more to Israeli defense budget
Date Posted: 18 September 2012 at 4:34pm
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U.S. taxpayers paid more to Israeli defense budget than Israelis
http://www.veteransnewsnow.com/2012/09/17/us-taxpayers-paid-more-to-israeli-defense-budget-than-israelis/ - http://www.veteransnewsnow.com/2012/09/17/us-taxpayers-paid-more-to-israeli-defense-budget-than-israelis/ ------------- Salam/Peace, Semar "We are people who do not eat until we are hungry and do not eat to our fill." (Prophet Muhammad PBUH) "1/3 of your stomach for food, 1/3 for water, 1/3 for air" |
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Posted By: lady
Date Posted: 22 September 2012 at 7:09am
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Posted By: abuayisha
Date Posted: 22 September 2012 at 5:39pm
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Given that http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf - U.S. military aid to Israel was $2.775 billion in 2010, $3 billion in 2011, $3.07 billion in 2012 (and $3.15 billion per year from 2013-2018) while Israel's defense budget is around $15 billion, it made us wonder how much Israeli taxpayers contribute and where the other $12 billion non-U.S. aid comes from. We emailed Shmuel Even, an http://www.inss.org.il/upload/%28FILE%291267608515.pdf - expert of Israel's defense at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, who told us that Israel's up-to-date defense budget for 2012 is $15 billion, with 70 percent contributed by Israeli taxpayers, 21 percent coming from U.S. aid and 9 percent coming from Defense Ministry income. That would put the Israeli taxpayer contribution at $10.5 billion, compared to $3.15 billion from the U.S. (Even added that the U.S. aid in 2011 was $3.1 billion and that most of the aid comes in weapons as opposed to cash.) So was Lt. Gen. Ashkenazi�who served as the IDF supreme commander from 2007 to 2011�simply mistaken? Or is he alluding to something that one of Israel's top researchers doesn't know? Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-much-america-really-spends-on-israels-defense-2012-9#ixzz27FUoqkq3 - http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-much-america-really-spends-on-israels-defense-2012-9#ixzz27FUoqkq3 |
Posted By: tabestmaker1
Date Posted: 07 January 2013 at 12:48pm
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Thank you and for more info http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/news/the-cost-of-israel-to-the-us/item/1947-us-taxpayers-paid-more-to-israeli-defense-than-israelis ''According to the report, Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi made the statement during a  speech on September 11th. In it he emphasized: "We must preserve ties with the United States. I believe this is a security necessity."
According to the newspaper the speech was at the Calcalist Conference, which appears to be an annual event in Tel Aviv sponsored by the http://www.yogsutra.net/newspaper/calcalist.php - Calcalist newspaper , an Israeli Hebrew-only daily financial newspaper. It is is part of the group that publishes Yedioth Ahronoth, the largest circulation newspaper in Israel.'' |