Re: Israel

At 20:26 08/03/02 -0600, you wrote:
>My understanding, perhaps wrong, is that Egypt is the largest 
>official recipient and Israel (with less than one tenth the population...) 
>is second.

Total, or per capita?  I'd be surprised if Israel were not the 
largest recipient of aid in per capita terms.

And, of course, the major portion of the Egyptian aid is directly 
due to the Camp David accords, and is therefore dedicated to 
buying Israel peace on its southern front.


Virtually,

Bruce McFarling, New Lambton, NSW
ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au