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R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 07:20 PM Jun 2014

US has given Israel $3.1bn in military funding already this year

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/12048-us-gave-israel-31bn-in-military-funding-this-year

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Middle East Policy Matthew Spence said yesterday that his country has given $3.1 billion in foreign military finance to Israel this year.

Speaking at the annual Herzliya Conference, Spence went on to say that this was "the most the United States has given in US history".

He explained: "The United States wants to make sure that it does whatever it can to preserve Israel's qualitative military edge, and that's the iron clad commitment to make sure that Israel has exactly what it takes to defend itself against any enemy or any combination of enemies that could threaten its security. This commitment is not just in Israel's interest, but in America's interest as well."

Spence noted that three weeks ago more than 700 US troops participated in the Juniper Cobra training in Israel, which is the largest military exercise conducted this year. "The type of close collaboration we have between our two countries, I think, is really impressive."


American taxpayers fund this nonsense, and the apartheid picnic rolls on.
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US has given Israel $3.1bn in military funding already this year (Original Post) R. Daneel Olivaw Jun 2014 OP
Those Palestinian kids aren't going to shoot themselves mwrguy Jun 2014 #1
The charitable explanation for Mohammed al Dura's "death" King_David Jun 2014 #2

King_David

(14,851 posts)
2. The charitable explanation for Mohammed al Dura's "death"
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 09:47 PM
Jun 2014

Was that he was killed by Palestinian fire.

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