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Aid to Israel
Introduction: US Aid to Israel
Since 1976, Israel has been the largest annual recipient of US aid and is the largest recipient of cumulative US assistance since World War II. From 1949 through 1965, US aid to Israel averaged about $63 million per year, over 95 percent of which was economic development assistance and food aid. A modest military loan program began in 1959. From 1966 through 1970, average aid per year increased to about $102 million, but military loans increased to about 47 percent of the total. From 1971 to the present, US aid to Israel has averaged over $2 billion per year, two-thirds of which has been military assistance.
Summary
US Aid to Israel, WRMEA (12 March 2003)
Israel: U.S. Foreign Assistance (PDF) Congressional Research Service (Updated, 26 April 2005)
Articles
CNI Protests New Aid for Israeli Occupation, Council for the National Interest (4 February 2005)
Kerry Campaign releases Middle East policy seemingly drafted in Tel Aviv, John Kerry Campaign (2 July 2004)
Taking a call for justice in the Middle East to Kerry's doorstep, Tom Wallace (1 June 2004)
US Aid: The Lifeblood of Occupation, Matt Bowles, Left Turn (7 August 2003)
Economist tallies swelling cost of Israel to US, David R. Francis, The Christian Science Monitor (9 December 2002)
We Bought and Paid for Carnage of Palestinians, Robert Jensen, Common Dreams (9 April 2002)
Groups in the United States Call for Divestment from Israel, Will Youmans, CPAP (10 September 2002)
US Government Aid to Israel, Richard H. Curtiss, CPAP (20 September 1999)
Reports
Israel: U.S. Foreign Assistance (PDF) Congressional Research Service (Updated, 26 April 2005)
Israel: U.S. Foreign Assistance (PDF) Congressional Research Service (6 June 2002)
Why the U.S. Supports Israel, Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus (PDF)
The Politics of Foreign Aid: U.S. Foreign Assistance and Aid to Israel, Mohamed Rabie (1988)
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