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From Iron Dome to F-15s: US provides 70% of Israel’s war costs | CTech (www.calcalistech.com)

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A report by Brown University’s Watson Institute reveals that since the beginning of the war, the US has spent more than $22 billion on military aid to Israel - from weapons and equipment to the deployment of aircraft carriers. Israel receives more U.S. military aid than any other country and is uniquely able to use that funding to spend on domestic goods.

The total amount of American aid since the start of the war is about NIS 85 billion ($22 billion) based on an average exchange rate by the Bank of Israel over the past year. Most has been delivered but about $5.2 billion will only arrive next year. According to official estimates from the Bank of Israel, the total cost of the war is estimated to be about NIS 250 billion ($65 billion), including around NIS 118 billion ($31 billion) for military costs including army operational costs, replenishment of military equipment, ammunition, and logistical support. Therefore, by a simple calculation, the U.S. has been funding about 70% of the war effort.

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[-] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 49 points 1 week ago

Here's a link to the paper referenced by the article. Not sure why it wasn't included with the article. Anyway, this chart stood out to me:

Don't believe or respect anyone who says the White House is working on a ceasefire deal. This administration has clearly been working on just the opposite.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well, they're working on their deal with Israel that will eventually lead to a cease-fire after they're done levelling the place for condos.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You should post this to /c/usa and /c/palestine, its a good one.

Edit: I got antsy and did it.

[-] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 4 points 1 week ago

[-] menemen@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

70%... This is insane. A country that cannot "afford" genearal public healthcare. How is there no revolution happening in the US?

[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Forget affording public healthcare. Universal healthcare for all is actually estimated to decrease the overall healthcare spending for the country — problem is it would also decrease corporate profits.

How The US Should Have Spent The $2.26 Trillion Afghanistan War Budget

[-] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

That would cause GDP to go down. And we all know line can NEVER go down

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

Massive massive efforts and cash spent on propaganda, basically

[-] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Because any revolution we may attempt would wind up in an immediate blood bath.

If we try to strategize and form and militia, one of the 3 letter agencies if not multiple would infiltrate and have us all locked up before we could actually get anything done. That or just kill us all because as civilians we are massively and i mean massively outgunned. Hell The national guard could wipe out any militia in the making on its own without ever needing backup.

Our only shot would be to attack very quickly in short waves but that would be impossible as we couldn't organize

In short it's just not possible. From a strategic stand point as well as a man/ arms standpoint.

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 30 points 1 week ago

Would be nice if that money went into schools, medical, housing...etc

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

Well in a way it does...

[-] dontgooglefinderscult@lemmings.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It does! Just not for the US. Thanks to the US pledging unlimited protection funding Israel has well funded schools, universal healthcare, and even provides grants for housing along with explicit military support for those creative souls that repurpose old housing that has been recently abandoned in completely unrelated incidents by former 'wildlife.'

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago

It goes into bombing schools, medical, housing, etc.

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

even if we stopped funding the zionazis that money would just go to some other war

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago

::Insert no money for anything but war meme::

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

yea same-as-it-ever-was

[-] Damage@feddit.it 24 points 1 week ago

Just like post-WWII Europe with the Marshall plan, the "miracle" development of Israel, even outside of arms spending, is based on American money

It's so easy, if they just diverted half of their military spending to development funds, the world would be on its way to post-scarcity everywhere, and there would be little need for armies. But they'd risk losing top-dog status, and that can't be allowed.