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https://jewishinsider.com/2024/02/israel-u-s-military-aid-gaza-hamas-war-lebanon-hezbollah/
The Knesset is set to vote on the updated 2024 state budget next week, with all of the new, war-related expenditures. The Defense Ministry drafted its budget taking the U.S. aid into consideration, and the ministry has already placed orders based on that assumption. If the aid does not arrive on time, in some cases the ministry can make necessary procurements within Israel’s defense industry, but in many cases, the government may have to make cuts within the Defense Ministry or from other areas to fulfill its commitments.
the US/Israel dynamic is so fucking weird
is there another case in history of an imperial power subjugating its own interests to those of a fringe colony like this? to the point that it's just expected that American politicians will be more patriotic towards Israel than they are towards their own country?
Israel is more of a US military outpost than a colony. Letting it fail would mean giving up America's foothold on the middle east and that's never gonna happen willingly.
It is funny how the US is more faithful to Israel than its own citizens though. Could you imagine if the US implemented student loan forgiveness, free healthcare, and rent control... in Israel? I'm not sure if Americans would even be mad, they'd probably move there and join the colonization effort.
Israel already has universal healthcare
There's still copays and stuff and it doesn't cover everything, like dental. But yeah... 💀
there are a whole lot of options between letting it fail and letting it start world war three with absolute impunity though
like the cold-blooded realpolitik move was to let Israel respond to Oct 7, blow off some steam, and then reel them in. instead the empire is destroying its own self-serving international order forever to help them commit genocide. it's deeply bizarre behavior
It's the US, since when do they try to avoid war? The threat of WW3 didn't stop them in Ukraine and it won't stop them here.
I'd argue that trying to initiate apocalyptic world power level confrontations on every possible front at once is in fact a Joe Biden foreign policy innovation
Historically that’s exactly what the US has done regarding Israel. Reagan told them to knock it off after they got a bit too bloodthirsty, and they stopped immediately.
Joe Biden is especially bloodthirsty even by US presidential standards. Even George W Bush didn’t pick fights with this many countries some of which have nukes.