A report published in the Jan/Feb 2001 edition of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs lists the financial benefits to Israel from 1949-1998 as follows:
Foreign Aid Grants and Loans: $74,157,600,000; Other US Aid: $9,047,227,200. Interest to Israel from Advanced Payments: $1,650,000,000, for a grand total of $84,854,827,200 in financial benefit from the US. The total cost to US taxpayers, which includes $49,936,680,000 in interest, is $134,791,507,200.
All of this is provided to an apartheid state (about the size of New Jersey) with fewer than six million citizens, in blatant violation of the US Foreign Assistance Act.
This is dedicated to those without a voice; specifically those in Palestine. I am a firm believer that one small voice can make a difference. Albert Einstein once said “Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction”.
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