From: "shahira al-turkmani" <sheesha70-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: Fwd: Fw: The Cost of Israel Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 04:20:28 +0300 To: undisclosed-recipients:; > > > > "Israelis need to understand that they're not the 51st state, and they > > certainly don't want to be treated like America's stepchild. Continued > > economic assistance when they're doing quite well is demeaning." -- > > Representative (now speaker of the House) Bob Levigston at a press >conference > > in Jerusalem as part of a congressional delegation to celebrate Israel's >50th > > birthday (Quoted in Ha'aretz 11/10/1998). > > > > (Zeros intentionally left). The official, on-the-table U.S. aid to >Israel > > --rarely, if at all, addressed in the mainstream media-- is >$3,000,000,000 > > (40% economical and 60% Military) since 1984 and $2,500,000,000 since >1973. > > Add to that $1,271,000,000/yr for special gifts and programs subsidized >by > > the U.S., such as the Arrow missile and the Lavi fighter, plus the loan > > guarantees of $10,000,000,000 over 5 years, plus the interest > > ($500,000,000/yr) the U.S. must pay on money borrowed to pay for the >grants > > to Israel. The total for the past five years (1993-1997) was around > > $6,300,000,000/year ($6.3 BILLION) or over $17 Million/DAY. This is more >than > > what the U.S. spends on domestic drug enforcement. > > > > Perspectively, the total U.S. foreign aid to the whole world (6 Billion > > people) is about $18 BILLION, so, the one thousandth (1/1000) of the >world > > population living in Israel --with life expectancy higher than that of >the > > U.S.-- gets one third of US aid. Also, in 1990 Israel GNP is $24 >Billion, > > i.e. a quarter of Israel's income comes from the U.S. The Aid to Israel >is >in > > the form of loans, which are typically forgiven by the AIPAC-dominated > > congress. > > > > The above figures do not include: > > > > the tax-deductible donations, mostly by American Jews and Christian >Zionists, > > to Israel totaling over $1,000,000,000/year. > > the lumps of money Israel usually demands from the U.S. upon each >withdrawal > > from the occupied territories during the current Peace Process, (for >example, > > Netanyahu is planning to ask the U.S. for about $1,200,000,000 for the >13% > > withdrawal of mid-1998, to cover costs). > > Israel Bonds sold in the U.S. for $500,000,000/year > > the $1,000,000,000/year U.S. commercial banks lend to Israel > > the $2,100,000,000/year the U.S. rewards Egypt for signing peace with >Israel > > The fact that unlike other countries, Israel gets its US aid in one >chunck >at > > the beginnging of the distribution year, instead of quarterly >instalments. > > This allows Israel to further make interest on that money over other > > aid-receiving countries. > > (For source on the above see the Washington Report magazine and A & L > > Cockburn's Dangerous Liaison 1991). These figures are interesting >considering > > that Israel has a life expectancy and infant mortality HIGHER than the >United > > States'. > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com --part1_f4.555e821.276218dc_boundary-- --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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