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Re: Israel by Danny Dayus 09 March 2002 17:55 UTC |
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The USA government website www.usaid.gov, says that around $1.2 billion is given in "economic support funds" to Israel per year (abou $250 per capita). Since 1948, this total add up to $60 billion. Inflation adjusted, this is $100 billion, but since this is in effect borrowed from the USA taxpayer, this sum should be rather more than that. Israel also receives grants, loans and donations from diaspora Jews. In the US, donations to the united Jewish Israel's infrastructure, are considered charity donations and as such are tax-free. Given that the USA spends $6 billion annually on drug enforcement, this gives some indication of the priority that the war on drugs has in relation to the war on poverty for its Israeli friends. Danny Dayus -----Original Message----- From: wsn-owner@csf.colorado.edu [mailto:wsn-owner@csf.colorado.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Spector Sent: Saturday 09 March 2002 03:07pm To: Bruce McFarling; wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: 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. ============================================= ----- 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 >
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