Hear O Israel, the Lord is our G-d, the Lord is One.
Blessed is His name, whose glorious kingdom is forever
and ever.
Love the Lord your G-d with all your heart, and all your soul,
and all your might. These words that I command you today
shall be upon your heart. Repeat them to your children, and
talk about them when you sit in your home, and when you walk
in the street; when you lie down, and when you rise up. Hold fast
to them as a sign upon your hand, and let them be as reminders
before your eyes. Write them on the doorposts of your home
and at your gates.
Military aidIsrael has received more U.S. military assistance than any other country, both in terms of grant aid and military sales on a concessional basis. However, unlike other countries who receive military aid and are required to spend the money in United States, Israel may spend 25% on its domestic military projects.
Since 1987, the U.S. has provided an average of $1.8 billion annually in the form of Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and funds to support research and development.[2]
A bilateral memorandum of understanding was signed in January 2001, at the end of the Clinton administration, under which defense aid was increased to $2.4 billion annually from $1.8 billion, while the $1.2 billion of economic aid would be eliminated. This was predicated on the basis of the defense aid being increased by $60 million per year until the full amount was reached in 2008, while the economic aid is decreased by $120 million per year until eliminated.[3][20]
In 2007, the United States increased its military aid to Israel by over 25%, to an average of $3 billion per year for the following ten year period (starting at $2.550 billion for 2008, growing by $150 million each year).[21] The package is scheduled to start October 2008, when regular economic aid to Israel's economy is to end.[22] Officials have insisted the aid is not tied, or meant to balance, simultaneous American plans to sell $20 billion worth of sophisticated arms to its Arab allies in the region, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia.[22] Former U.S. President George W. Bush assured Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that the U.S. would help keep a "qualitative advantage" to Israel over other nations in the region.
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Originally posted by KostenuikAnd I assume you don't like that because that allows the Israeli's to survive in the presence of implacable enemies who have written vows to destroy them. Of course in your mind, that doesn't even enter into the equation, does it? I lived in Jerusalem for years and saw the way the Israeli's treated the Palestinians and in many ways they are culpable for a lot of Palestinian misery including giving the Palestinians the left over dregs of water they pretty much use up from the Jordan and the Kenneret.
Military aidIsrael has received more U.S. military assistance than any other country, both in terms of grant aid and military sales on a concessional basis. However, unlike other countries who receive military aid and are required to spend the money in United States, Israel may spend 25% on its domestic military projects.
Since 1987, the U.S. has provid ...[text shortened]... the region.
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I am sure of one thing though in all this: If the Palestinians, the Syrians, and Iran gave up on the idea of crushing Israel, there would be peace. For instance, show me how many buses the Israeli's have blown up. They do their work from air strikes and such for sure and I know they bulldoze Palestinian homes and I know all about the takeover in 1948 and the plunder of Arab and Palestinian homes then but they are surrounded by implacable enemies. Even you have to admit that.
Originally posted by sonhousewell there's your problem. you need to read up on the history of palestine from 1880 to 1948.
For instance, show me how many buses the Israeli's have blown up. They do their work from air strikes and such for sure and I know they bulldoze Palestinian homes and I know all about the takeover in 1948 and the plunder of Arab and Palestinian homes then but they are surrounded by implacable enemies. Even you have to admit that.
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Originally posted by wormwoodThey never do, though, do they? They're allowed to throw accusations around like it's Cluster-bomb Day, but point out that this goes both ways and they ignore you, or call you names.
well there's your problem. you need to read up on the history of palestine from 1880 to 1948.
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