If Americans Knew 13 Dec by Alison Weir
"It’s been a great week for
Israel in the US Congress this week. But not for the American taxpayer.
While many Americans are gearing up for the Christmas holidays and
trying to earn the money to buy their children presents, and while the
number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits surged, Congress
voted yet more money to Israel. It also passed two other measures pushed
by the Israel lobby. Almost none of this was reported by US mainstream
media. The budget committees of both the Senate and the House released a
budget on December 10th included $284 million for U.S.-Israeli “joint
defense” — in fact, primarily for defense systems in Israel. These
defense systems are aimed at shielding Israel from perceived threats in
the region. For context, rockets from Gaza have killed some 29 Israelis
in just over a decade, during which time Israeli forces killed
approximately 4,000 Gazans. Congress is virtually assured to pass the
budget. This money is on top of the $3.1 billion in military aid the
U.S. gives Israel every year. It is also triple the already-generous $96
million the Obama administration had requested for the programs."
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