Re: Israel

I am not 100% sure, but on a per capita basis, Israel would be number one.
As I mentioned, their population is less than 10% of Egypt's population. So
I would guess that on a per capita basis, the military and total aid to
Israel far outstrips that of Egypt.  But rather than trust my surmises, it
might be better to get the official numbers. They shouldn't be too hard to
find. The CIA actually has a very useful website with lots of information--I
suspect the official amounts should not be too hard to uncover from various
U.S. government websites.


Alan S.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce McFarling" <ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
To: <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 12:03 AM
Subject: 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
>