Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. To date, the United States has provided Israel $150 in bilateral assistance and missile defense funding since the country’s founding in 1948. Nearly all of U.S. bilateral aid to Israel is in the form of military assistance. In fiscal year 2022 the Biden administration requested $3.8 billion in military aid for Israel.
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@8TJSJQM4yrs4Y
Yes, but only help Palestine
@9ZPRVSR10mos10MO
End all military aid to Israel, we should only provide humanitarian aid to victims of both Israeli and Palestinian origin.
@9K8TKCG2yrs2Y
No, we should only sale items to foreign nations other than that don’t get involved at all unless if a worldwide war is breaking out or our main allies are being attacked and need our help like in WW2.
@9RKWTTT 1yr1Y
We should support Israel while also supporting Palestinian civilians. Military operations should be further restricted and narrowed to fight Hamas with fewer civilian casualties.
@9CJ6CB61yr1Y
Ah yes, let’s just vaporize the civilians a DIFFERENT way! Causes less casualties to just send in soldiers with practically zero gun regulations instead of just obliterating the buildings like they have been for the last few decades.
@9B47DGP2yrs2Y
No, the U.S.'s military resources would be better spent arming East Asia
@8RXRMY64yrs4Y
Israel is built off a lie in my opinion.
@9F24LD22yrs2Y
Not knowledgeable enough on the topic
@B6TXKZW2wks2W
As of now, the only interest the untied states should have in this war is enabling peace and not picking sides.
@B6QB2L23wks3W
Possibly I ran did try to attack us and shot at a empty base so we should take it into consideration for the sake of the us instead of getting into other communities affairs
@B6Q4WTQProgressive3wks3W
We should focus primarily on being as impartial as possible and leveraging our influence and resources to ending the conflict as quickly and with as little suffering as possible.
@B5Y6K6KIndependent3mos3MO
We should plan a slow but steady withdrawal of our military and financial support, starting with the military.
@Aantwan90 3mos3MO
No. We should stop all aid - monetary, military, and weapons - and impose sanctions immediately to end the genocide of Palestinians.
@B5P32CD4mos4MO
FREE PALESTINE and all other countries experiencing genocide. A two-state solution will never be possible.
@B59CBGC 5mos5MO
Yes, we should support Israel as our ally and its right and need to exist as a sovereign nation, but that does not mean we support everything it does. Any military support should be contingent on no human rights abuses and honoring the international order.
@B523H4CIndependent5mos5MO
This is a century long issue, we don’t need to save the world. If they haven’t made agreement at this point, why now?
@B4WQVZ95mos5MO
No, we should be providing aid and support to Palestine, trying to calm the situation as a whole down.
Common human decency should come first. We shouldn’t support anyone who goes against humanitarian rights!! We are all human and deserve to be safe
@B3X93XZ6mos6MO
A mix of both supporting Palestine and Israel, but we should wait until Hamas returns ALL the hostages, and shows that they are in fact truly "in need"
@B3SSJNF 6mos6MO
yes, but encourage arab states, europe, and israel to help work toward peace, and threaten funding for israel if it does not want to pursue a ceasefire, however dont make isrel give up land to palestiaanss, insteead support a rebuildigng program for gaza and the west bank
@B3DVN4RIndependent 7mos7MO
Only support Israel if they transition to tactical military instead of reckless bombing. Not under Trump or Netanyahu
We should only support either side with humanitarian aid and focus on diplomatic efforts to end hostilities.
@B35TBHL7mos7MO
We should support Palestine and not help Israel in Genocide. I believe the only reason they are going such lengths is because The U.S is supporting them.
no, they should've never funded them in the first place. Israel is killing children everyday and the US continues to fund it. israel isnt even real,and they took over our land. FREE PALESTINE!!
@B2YJ2KQ7mos7MO
We should have criteria for Isreal to meet if they want to receive our aid. They can't mistreat the innocent Palestinians If they expect our help.
@B2Y36BN7mos7MO
No, this is causing the United States to spend more on resources on weapons manufacturing, raising taxes on people of the United States, and also causing the U.S to raise the debt that we have.
@B2XD3W87mos7MO
We should only offer what we can afford. We are in a lot of Debt as a nation and if we halp too much we will keep falling further and further.
@B2W67L47mos7MO
I don't have a ton of information on the topic so don't think that I should take a side without being educated first
@B2RK3NT8mos8MO
I feel as if it is a necessary evil to help our country monitor an area that is mostly extremists governments who are are mostly on unfriendly terms with us.
@B2P7VKV8mos8MO
The US government should continue to support Israel but penalize them greatly for genocide and should force a solution to the conflict
@B2KNYRF8mos8MO
I feel we should give equal support to Israel and Palestine and try to mediate the conflict between the two.
@B2FNVYT8mos8MO
No. Israel is a terrorist and zionist country. They are illegally occupying Palestine and are committing genocide and ethnic cleansing.
@B2FGLN48mos8MO
Yes, but we should cut spending in Israel and allocate it back to the United States for more local issues.
@B2F6TFN8mos8MO
The US can support both countries in the war because there are many crimes and violence in both countries right now.
@B2DPB8R8mos8MO
Yes, continue support unless Israel is killing the innocent indiscriminately with undeniable proof that that is happening
@B2DBPYV8mos8MO
no but they have no choice but to continue to support them due to them being apart of the United nations
@B2CHJ4P8mos8MO
Yes but they should control what they do they should stay out the fight but still help out Israel because this whole war leads back to Palestine starting it
@B2BXX2Y8mos8MO
Aid should be strictly in humanitarian support for both Israel and Palestine as Israel has shown capable of producing its own weapons.
@B2BWNJT8mos8MO
The us should stop the funding of Israel because of the reason that would make the us support genoside and how because of the funding many inccont children and people are dying.
@B2BVXFL8mos8MO
If leaders like Netanyahu are in power who are strongly anti-Arab, then no. I do not believe that the U.S. should support Israel. I'm a firm believer in a two state solution and the status quo in the Middle East is simply unacceptable.
@B2BRQR28mos8MO
I think that people should vote on this and see what people think about it because the situation with Israel has been going on for very long and i think the us should try to just help the situation overall.
@B29YRZY8mos8MO
Innocent people on both sides are getting hurt, and I don't think there should be more support on one side compared to another.
@B27X6CB9mos9MO
Benjamin Netanyahu is not representative of American Jews, once a more peaceful and progressive administration is in place, we should go back to original political support from congress.
@B24C8VRRepublican9mos9MO
We should cut all ties with Israel because they kill thousands of families and kids every single day. and this question may be offensive for some people. We should also stop what’s ere doing with them because imagine you losing your family??? You would be devastated!!!
@9ZXSVBK10mos10MO
We should support neither, not because neither deserve it, but because (as far as I'm aware) both are fighting a Holy war, and America, though very Christian, does not have an official state religion, so we should not show preference to one over the other.
@9ZR5H3G10mos10MO
all I gotta say if we partners we ain't on no back door if one county goes to war we should of already sent troops out there handle that with them no questions asked so if we ever need it we get the same but if it prevents big war that nah like wwlll
@9ZR49D510mos10MO
I honestly do not know because I have not done my research on the whole situation and do not know both sides because I have heard israel was the villain and then I heard they were not so I just do not know too many facts to pick a side, but I do just say whatever they support do not put us in danger and at war.
@9ZQ9VXL10mos10MO
We should try to assist with peace agreements, get the kidnapped victims out, get the victims in Gaza out, and offer to help rebuild. And apologize to the families of those killed or injured by American weapons.
No, cut all support and aid, push for a ceasefire, offer protection to the Palestinians, and negotiate with Israel so that Palestinians have their land back and Israel has a place to be without colonizing any other countries
@9ZFNMMDRepublican10mos10MO
Just stop giving them military supplies because they can win the war without usa military equitment.
@9YNQTGK11mos11MO
The U.S. should increase humanitarian aid to Palestine, focusing on vulnerable groups like children, the elderly, and the disabled who are affected by the conflict. While supporting regional stability, our aid should prioritize helping those who are suffering most.
@9YKYJ8711mos11MO
Yes, for defense and humanitarian relief only. Provide Palestine with humanitarian relief as well and push for a 2 state solution.
@9YHSZ3B11mos11MO
We should continue to sell them specifically anti-air systems and fighters as these are largely defensive weapons.
@9YDNVF311mos11MO
No, we should not be offering military aid to foreign countries. If the United States of America does decide to offer aid to a foreign country it should be specifically for natural disaster relief or to compensate any mutual entities between the U.S. and the relevant foreign country. Meaning if the U.S. is collaborating/cooperating with foreign countries in order to achieve a mutually agreed upon objective then both parties should have the freedom to support that objective.
@9YBBC4611mos11MO
We should assist with aid but without robbing our own citizens of their funding. The US has a very high debt rate
@9Y97DD7Republican11mos11MO
The U.S. Governments official policy should be in support of Israel but we should not send billions of dollars in aid while we trillions in our deficit.
@9XZ5SZ411mos11MO
no because this wasn't our business but now we are in it and the president is getting us in more trouble than we are
@9XSG978Progressive11mos11MO
Yes, but need to negotiate terms for long term peace or withdrawal of support is a consequence of broken treaty.
@9XMHYCTWomen’s Equality11mos11MO
I think we need to mind our business because the US is not good already by itself, so we should stop focusing on other countries problems.
It depends if it will start a war with gaza then in that case no but if not then yes helping them is important.
@9XLZKC511mos11MO
This right should be given to the Citizens and those who want to fund their money Israel could do it.
@9XLP7T611mos11MO
I have zero clue what is going on nor do I care. It is way too complex for me to understand, and all sides have valid reasons. I leave this question with no answer.
@9XHYGYT11mos11MO
If Israel continues to escalate the conflict to additional countries, without support from high-level decision makers in the United States, we should not support Israel
@9XD96WL11mos11MO
Same answer as before. I don't beleive it should be our governments choice unless we are defending our allies and they've requested assistance.
@9XC34DL11mos11MO
Keep all the benefits we are sending to Israel and don't increase or decrease there funding or supplies.
Not only should the U.S pull out and stop aiding israel they should forcefully end the conflict that israel is continuing to start. We sold and gave them their equipment. We can take it back.
@9X9JCNK11mos11MO
We should support them, but we need to be our own country. We should have never been in with the Israel And Palestine war.
@9X97DV6Independent11mos11MO
We need to figure out our domestic affairs such as the economy before worrying about the domestic affairs and economy of other countries
@9X923JZ11mos11MO
If the aid were to stop, it would let Israel "off the leash", there would be no one to tell them what to strike or what not to
@9X6SVN511mos11MO
The U.S. should create a plan with Israel to help them while also encouraging them to stop the current blood bath.
@9WZNRTC11mos11MO
We should give equal support to Israel and Palestine, but also try and help stop the constant fighting and war
@9WWWSK411mos11MO
We should support Israel, but cannot ignore their use of weapons against foreign citizen population.
@9WT5LPQ11mos11MO
Not until Israel removes Netanyahu and his leaders from office and they agree to a two-state solution with Palestine.
@9WPV7Q811mos11MO
cut funding entirely and incentivize ending the conflict as early as possible, with a result that benefits either both side or whatever nation comes from the conflict.
no, We should fund our own nation more than other nations. Refigure the budget and clean up the mess here first.
@9WPDR9611mos11MO
We should support them because they are an in an alliance with the USA, I believe that we don’t need to be spending ridiculous amounts of them. But we should provide support.
@9WP2YLT11mos11MO
Yes and No, America is badly in debt and needs to get rid of its own debt. On top of that help, its own Citizens with the issues it has had for years like drug addiction, illegal firearms, crooked cops, crooked law, gangs, and poverty. American and itself is struggling and yet we give out to everyone but our own.
At the current point in time, no, as Netanyahu is abusing his power and committing war crimes. However, we should not just abandon our longtime allies.
@9VF88GRPeace and Freedom12mos12MO
I think the United States of America should do what they seem as necessary, within reason, in order to prevent more deaths and terrorist activity. Not as much of support between both sides of the conflict, rather keeping them in check so it doesn't turn into a full-blown war between many countries.
@9TW36N412mos12MO
No, Israel is a terrorist state that the US foisted up as a foothold in the middle-east for easy oil access. The imperialist meddling's have gone too far and I cannot support their genocide and occupation of Palestine.
@9T8MSTW1yr1Y
Provide equal, but highly regulated, support - humanitarian aid for those in Palestine, while perhaps providing military intelligence or support solely in finding any remaining hostages within Israel. That's it.
@9T6X58V1yr1Y
Not until Israel agrees to an immediate ceasefire AND two-state solution. They will also need to forcibly remove Netanyahu and anyone who has ever supported his political career.
@9T6CKVM1yr1Y
We should support the state of Israel in its right to sovereignty but the current government admitted are criminals. You can defend yourself but not the way they have done it in massacuring innocent civilians
@9S8BPP61yr1Y
The United States Needs to back out of all foreign events so we can focus on ourselves rather than sinking millions into wars that are ongoing with no end in sight
@9S7MZ9G1yr1Y
Not the current administration. The US should not support continued annexation of Palestinian territory and forced evictions.
@9RMJ4G5 1yr1Y
Yes, but significantly decrease funding, aid, and support with the reason that Israel is using unnecessary force that is harming citizens that are not in HAMAS
@9QZ982P1yr1Y
No, until Israel agrees to a two-state solution and continue to implement ceasefire discussions forever.
@9PTVC2K1yr1Y
We should not give any money to Israel or Palestine. This is a religious war, we should only be providing humanitarian aid.
@9P5QJ7M1yr1Y
Yes, with aid that has proper oversight and enforcement when section 620i of the foreign assistance act is violated
@9NZLH8N1yr1Y
No, cut all support and aid to isarel and any other foreign nation and be less involved and we should also stay out of conflicts outside of American soil and focus on what’s going on domestically in American.
@9NZKR671yr1Y
Yes, but we should not be providing them with US military supplies. If they want to buy their own equipment and pay the US for transporting the supplies I am fine with that, but we should not give them our supplies. We should also reduce monetary funding if they commit war crimes or crimes against humanity.
@9M8YX3H1yr1Y
No they attacked us before and they were even spying on us over here before 9/11. So what's to stop them from attacking us again?!
@9M8T7X31yr1Y
We should cease all funding to Israel and Palestine and solely go through the UN as a meddleman for all foreign aid. The UN should be the mediator of all united nations, quite literally.
@9M85FY51yr1Y
No, we should not fund countries committing genocide. The U.S. funds programs such as single-payer healthcare in Israel but not here
@9KVCLBJLibertarian2yrs2Y
Yes, support Israel but also hold them accountable for war crimes committed upon Palestinian civilians.
@9K8TKCG2yrs2Y
No, we should only sale items to foreign nationals other than that don’t get involved at all unless if a worldwide war is breaking out or our main allies are being attacked and need our help like in WW2.
@9K5H6CP2yrs2Y
No, the U.S should mediate peace talks between Israel and Palestine to allow for a true two-state solution.
@9JTY6YB 2yrs2Y
We should support but require the following of stated goals. If peace is on the table accept it and move on. Both sides have done horrible acts.
@9JPNQYY2yrs2Y
No, all of present-day Israel is historically Palestine land, stolen from Palestinians in the Nakba. There should be a secular Palestine republic made of Israel and Palestine.
@9HWRTH52yrs2Y
No, Israel has demonstrated that its military operations indiscriminately affect civilian populations
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