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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Casca
Ik betwijfel dat die cijfers de volledige steun aan Israel bevatten. Indien wel, I stand corrected.
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tuurlijk zijn die cijfers niet volledig, immers niet alles valt "zuiver" onder economic aid .
bron :
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/17876.pdf
Israel: U.S. Foreign Assistance
Israel is not economically self-sufficient,
and relies on foreign assistance and borrowing
to maintain its economy.
Since 1985, the
United States has provided $3 billion in grants
annually to Israel. Since 1976, Israel has been
the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign
assistance, and is the largest cumulative recipient
since World War II.
In addition to U.S.
assistance, it is estimated that Israel receives
about $1 billion annually through philanthropy,
an equal amount through short- and
long- term commercial loans, and around $1
billion in Israel Bonds proceeds.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu told a
joint session of Congress on July 10, 1996,
that Israel would reduce its need for U.S. aid
over the next four years. In January 1998,
Finance Minister Neeman proposed
eliminating the $1.2 billion economic aid and
increasing the $1.8 billion in military aid by
$60 million per year during a 10-year period
beginning in the year 2000. The FY1999,
2000, 2001, and 2002 appropriations bills
included cuts of $120 million in economic aid
and an increases of $60 million in military aid
each year.
U.S. aid to Israel has some unique
aspects, such as loans with repayment waived,
or a pledge to provide Israel with economic
assistance equal to the amount Israel owes the
United States for previous loans.
Israel also
receives special benefits that may not be
available to other countries, such as the use of
U.S. military assistance for research and
development in the United States, the use of
U.S. military assistance for military purchases
in Israel, or receiving all its assistance in the
first 30 days of the fiscal year rather than in 3
or 4 installments as other countries do.
In addition to the foreign assistance, the
United States has provided Israel with $625
million to develop and deploy the Arrow antimissile
missile (an ongoing project), $1.3
billion to develop the Lavi aircraft (cancelled),
$200 million to develop the Merkava tank
(operative), $130 million to develop the high
energy laser anti-missile system (ongoing),
and other military projects. In FY2000 the
United States provided Israel an additional
$1.2 billion to fund the Wye agreement, and in
FY2002 the United States provided an
additional $200 million in anti-terror
assistance.
For FY2003, the Administration
requested $600 million in economic, $2.1
billion in military, and $60 million in migration
resettlement assistance.