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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@ISIDEWITH13yrs13Y
No
@9GHW2PZ 2yrs2Y
Top Agreement
Because of the international consensus from UN resolutions, and Geneva Conventions, Israel continues to commit crimes against humanity, and the US should use its influence to hold them accountable, not to subsidize the ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Palestinian people.
@9GJ5NG9Republican2yrs2Y
Name a single instance in which Israeli defense forces have committed a war crime as a matter of policy. Contrast this with the campaign of terror perpetrated by Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other Palestinian or islamist militias against the Israeli civilian population. The Arab residents of Gaza and the West Bank are solely responsible for their suffering because they continue to support aggressive anti-Israel groups groups perfectly willing to use them as human shields. For example, Gaza elected Hamas by an 80% margin in 2007, its hard to be sympathetic to a people cheering the extermination of Israel when Israel retaliates to attacks on its population. The US should do more to help Israel combat terrorism in Gaza, Judea, and Samaria.
@9GHW2PZ2yrs2Y
1. The median age of the people in Gaza is less than 18, which would make the majority of the residents either not born or younger than toddlers when the 07 election occurred. 2. The use of hunger and thirst to punish the entirety of the Gaza strip is a textbook example of collective punishment (a war crime). 3. If there is a school shooter with hostages, we don't throw grenades to kill the shooter because that's grossly negligent to the hostages. 4. The Israeli government has paper decades silenced anyone who tries to amplify voices of Palestinians, look up why conflict kitchen shu… Read more
@Ind3p3ndentBruce2yrs2Y
Yesterday Israel killed the family of an Al Jazeera reporter.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67225204
@9JW7FWM1yr1Y
fun fact that dude was part of al-qaeda
@9STCM5W10mos10MO
The IDF has a literal history of killing civilians what are you on about?
Israel has dropped white phosphorus on Palestine and Lebanon for years, including instances where they were unprovoked. White phosphorus is a chemical weapons and is illegal to use in any situation by the Geneva Convention.
@9GJ4STC2yrs2Y
Hamas attacked Israel first. Israel has the right to defend itself, and we should give them unconditional support in their war against Hamas.
@9PZ3WW21yr1Y
Any country has a right to defend itself if attacked, and I can personally disagree with Israel's method of defending itself while you can personally agree with their method of defending themselves, but the U.S. doesn't give billions of dollars of military aid to any country in the world that is attacked, and we shouldn't. Why are we wasting billions on aid to a foreign country?
Netanyahu provided Hamas with lots of money to empower their terrorism. He is the biggest wager of genocide since Hitler
@9ZKV443 8mos8MO
Are you kidding me! How can you compare a JEWISH leader to Hitler?! Hitler was a power hungry bloodthirsty tyrant who killed 6 million innocent Jewish people because they were not of his so call”master race”. Israel has never wanted anything but peace. Israel has removed troops from territories (1978) and given up land (Gaza, 1994) to pursue peace with their Muslim neighbors. They did not start this war, Hamas did. They are the ones who started this war by killing innocent civilians, yet they are not being held accountable. This utterly outrageous.
@Renaldo-MoonGreen 9mos9MO
Hes honestly starting to pass Hitler at this point...
@9SY839JIndependent10mos10MO
Palestine has the right to defend itself and they have had that right to defend themselves since the illegal occupation of their land that started in 1948
Countries have the right to defend themselves. But they do not have the right to do so by committing war crimes.
@9GJ3VG72yrs2Y
I strongly agree with this sentiment. Israel is committing genocide on the Palestinian people that have been subjugated and oppressed since the creation of it. Israel is a colonialist state, and the US should cease the funding and support of their efforts to partake in ethnic cleansing. The UN and Geneva Conventions also need to be directly reevaluated, as they are clearly not able to hold nations accountable for the crimes they commit. The Palestinian people need to be freed from the ongoing Israeli occupation, and Israel needs to be held accountable for its deplorable actions against the people of Palestine.
@9GHXWCS2yrs2Y
The UN itself is extremely politicized, and it would be extremely unfair to hold Israel to account when the same standards are not applied to other countries. The accusations of Apartheid are largely unfounded as the supposed "discrimination" against Palestinians are on the basis of genuine security concerns as opposed to arbitrary racial biases. In addition, the Geneva conventions are designed with conventional nation states in mind, making it hard to apply in the case of wars against decentralized terror organs. However, a two-state solution is in the best interest of Israel for its long-term survival and legitimacy in the Middle East. The Biden administration should urge withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank while expanding funds for Israeli security along the 1967 borders.
@Paul.Smith 2yrs2Y
The vast majority of civilians who have died in the Israel-Palestine conflict have been on the Palestinian side, one third of whom are children.
@9W2JPZP9mos9MO
In case you didn't know, over 1,200 Jewish people have passed away because of the conflict on October 7, 2023. It was the largest mass killing of the Jews since the Holocaust. Even more people, including a 9-month-old boy and a toddler, were taken hostage.
@Renaldo-MoonGreen 9mos9MO
And over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed including multiple babies and very young children. That's 33.3 times as many people have died on the Palestinian side.
A large number of bodies have also been lost or are unidentifiable meaning that the number is actually higher than 40,000.
since 1948, the number of palesitian deaths has outweighed the number of israeli deaths by very large calibers, despite israel being the majority. israeli gov has been nothing but brutal and oppressive to palestine.
@9W2JPZP9mos9MO
1,200 Jewish people died on October 7, 2023. Largest mass killing of Jewish people since the Holocaust. Even more were taken hostage, tortured, and killed, including children. They even took the dead bodies back. Israel has every right to defend itself.
@Renaldo-MoonGreen 9mos9MO
And Israel responded by killing over 40,000 Palestinians and even more were taken hostage, and returned to Palestine dead and half decomposed.
@rfedched5mos5MO
I agreed with their right to defend themselves, but they've gone way too far. They should get back at HAMAS for Oct 7th, but they've done that already. There's no reason to continue this. Israel has given a wildly disproportionate response to the attack. Stop the pointless conflict.
@9W6RC4Y9mos9MO
The actions that the Israeli government has committed against palestinian civilians is unacceptable. The actions that Hamas has taken to terrorize Israeli citizens is also unacceptable. I agree that the israeli government is waging a genocide.
However, every human life matters. This issue is not only political, but personal to so many people who have been impacted by this. Comparing the deaths on either side will just create more division, and sacrificing the significance of the loss of human life just to show a data point is unethical. There should be a lasting peace for every single human being in this region, that includes Palestinians, israelis, Jews,and Muslims, and every single other person. A permanent Ceasefire is the answer.
@9F7BMW32yrs2Y
We already broke ties with Russia more because of Ukraine, don't negotiate much with China because of Taiwan. Why is Israel an exception when it's killing people that aren't Israeli Jews?
@ISIDEWITH14yrs14Y
No, cut all support and aid
@B2YBXWD5mos5MO
All aid and ties must be cut from israel for the good of the United States.
Additionally, we need to remove the dual citizens from our government and nation, they are more loyal to their ethnostate and betray the US daily and happily.
@9V7SQ2N9mos9MO
Not ALL aid, but military aid should be cut.
@9ZY4F2MRepublican7mos7MO
Cutting U.S. aid to Israel is argued on the grounds of human rights violations against Palestinians, including settlement expansion, military actions, and restrictions on movement, which many international bodies have condemned. Critics claim U.S. support enables these abuses and undermines peace efforts, particularly the viability of a two-state solution. The financial aid, totaling over $3 billion annually, is seen as perpetuating the conflict rather than promoting stability, with some progressive voices in the U.S. calling for a reassessment of this policy. Additionally, reducing aid could improve the U.S.'s global image and credibility on human rights issues, particularly in the Middle East.
@ISIDEWITH13yrs13Y
No, we should not give aid to any foreign nations
@HelcovichEmireRepublican4mos4MO
While I definitely think giving foreign aid is usually a waste of money, because that money rarely comes back to us, I also support oppressing the Islam extremists. This is a tough one.
@ISIDEWITH13yrs13Y
We should give equal support to Israel and Palestine.
@HelcovichEmireRepublican4mos4MO
This would get us nowhere, it'd just prolong the war.
@ISIDEWITH14yrs14Y
No, we should be less involved
@ISIDEWITH10mos10MO
What would happen if the U.S. stopped giving foreign aid to countries like Israel altogether—how do you think it would impact global relations?
@9VHTLNC9mos9MO
Even if it negatively affects foreign relations, what Israel is doing is wrong and the US should not stand with genocide.
@9VJYMSB9mos9MO
There is presently no country in the world like Medinat Israel, and no other country supports it as uncritically as the U.S. Ending that support would result in our being welcomed back into the community of civilized nations, who recognize that colonialism, apartheid, and genocide are crimes against humanity.
@9VKMQ9H9mos9MO
It would demonstrate that we don't support bombing civilians and other sovereign nations.
@9VHL8279mos9MO
Global relations would change, but we should not be supporting terrorists.
@ISIDEWITH13yrs13Y
Yes, but respect Israel’s sovereignty and do not dictate how it should interact with its neighbors
@9C4MSQH2yrs2Y
The Zionist entity is an illegal terrorist cult. The Zionists are terrorists. We must end all aide to the Zionist entity.
@9CJ6CB62yrs2Y
Perhaps we could focus on as neatly as possible fusing the two countries into a new Palestine, a country in which they are their own entity and they treat every religion with respect. America should definitely work on leaving as Israel doesn't need to be a nation in the first place.
Agree. Israel was only created to get Jewish people out of Europe and the US after WWII.
@B2B3QD36mos6MO
This is blatant antisemitic rhetoric, often used by Islamist terrorist groups. Especially the phrase "Zionist entity."
This is blatant antisemitic rhetoric, often used by Islamist terrorist groups. Especially the phrase "Zionist entity" (as per this UN document from the UN Human Rights Office). This comment reads like the doctrine of Hezbollah or Hamas (whose 2017 charter, by the way, is not meaningfully any different from its original).
@macach 2yrs2Y
If by interaction you mean imposing violence on other societys/civilizations then they do not deserve our support in doing so
Israel should not retaliate but rather split the land with Gaza and then both countries can be at peace.
@9RYWTRQ11mos11MO
The land should go back to Palestine. It was theirs first and was stolen in the 40's. Why split the land when it was stolen from the Palestinian people, and then bombed into a powder. Why do they have to give up their homes when their homes were stolen?
@K3ynesianCheeseLibertarian11mos11MO
“It was theirs first and was stolen in the 40's”
The situation is more complex than it seems. Historically, the land was part of the Ottoman Empire before World War I, and both Jews and Arabs lived there. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 supported the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, while also respecting the rights of existing non-Jewish communities. The UN partition plan of 1947 proposed separate Jewish and Arab states, but was rejected by Arab leaders, leading to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. This war resulted in the creation of Israel and displacement of many Palestinians, however, the Jewish… Read more
@NameIGuessLolSocialist 10mos10MO
I like the little history lesson here, but I truly cannot pick a side for this situation; both sides are bad choices. Israel commits war crimes, and Hamas started this whole thing. Israel is an ethnostate, Hamas is a terrorist organization.
When you go to war and win, guess what it's yours. That is how every war in world history has worked. Why any nation has a say is ridiculous. Are you going to tell Putin to give back land? No because he'd shoot you in the head.
@9MFGY5D10mos10MO
Why any nation has a say is ridiculous.
Au contraire. If asked, both nations fighting over a piece of land will say it's theirs. The maps change once some other countries agree on which line in the sand to recognize. Defending and maintaining territory can look a lot like ongoing occupation, you feel me?
And anyways, borders are intangible things (and are subject to change), but people and their homes and their cities aren't. Forcing these people to get the hell out may be "the way things go", but that doesn't mean it's chill. It also doesn't have to be something we support. Not for nothing, ruining/ending the lives of Real Actual Humans for the sake of an abstraction is one of the least savory human traditions, and I'd personally be fine if we left it in the past.
@9SY839JIndependent10mos10MO
That’s literally the same rhetoric that Nazi Germany used.
@NationalGuy47 6mos6MO
then where would the Jews go?
@ISIDEWITH14yrs14Y
Yes, and with more aid and support
Israel is an important ally to US. And this fight isn't about destroying Palestine. It is about getting rid of a terrorist organization that poisoned the minds of Palestinians. I believe Palestine should give up Hamas's leaders, soldiers as well as help Israel get its' hostages back. Afterwards both countries should once again explore a two-state solution. It would be very beneficial for all parties involved.
@B2PWB325mos5MO
We should not be supporting Israel with US tax dollars. Isreal gets free healthcare and other amazing benefits, while we get zero. We should not be funding a genocide at all, regardless of religous views.
@9ZY4F2MRepublican7mos7MO
For a country that has committed multiple acts of war against the United States? I don't think so. shouldn't give them a dime.
@9XMQDFSIndependence8mos8MO
For a country that has committed multiple acts of war against the United States? I don't think so. Wouldn't give them a dime.
@ISIDEWITH13yrs13Y
Yes, and increase funding in order to move our embassy to Jerusalem
Top Disagreement
the land is rightfully Palestine's, the US should stop giving money to other countries, especially oppressive ones
Rightfully who's? In what war did they win the land? It was Israels, it was given to Israel, Israel was attacked and won the land at least 2 times after that. In history tell me who wins wars and gives back land? No one this far but Israel. Why don't Palestinians work? Why should Israel give anything they built up to a disrespectful people who are constantly sneaking around like snakes to attack them? No one not even other Arabs want Palestinians neighbors. These are facts. Why didn't the awful, hateful, ruthless Palestinians tell where ANY OF THE HOSTAGES WERE? Complicity. They wanted war and they got it.
@9XMQDFSIndependence 8mos8MO
The context of your comment is hardly fact. Highly debatable. Even if it may have been Israeli land, it was a long time ago. Similar to how the United States was formed, we forced a lot of Native Americans into subjugation and treated them terribly. While not all American's agree with that sentiment, a lot of us recognize our past wrongdoings. Regardless, we continue to press forward to make things better for the people of the United States. Israel is currently slaughtering men, women, and children - and I do not appreciate that my tax dollars were used to fund these atrocities.
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“It was Israels,”
Hamas warned Israel they were going to attack and Israel chose to ignore it. Also Hamas and other radical groups are not a representation of Palestinians as a whole. That's like saying all Germans are Nazis.
I am behind your comment 100%
@B23FQTM7mos7MO
given to them by who??? more illegal occupiers?
@9F578KF2yrs2Y
The United States currently has millions of children living in hunger, people with hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans purely because they wanted to better themselves, and most people are one medical issue away from homelessness. We have so many issues to fix at home before helping another country further displace and promote violence on Palestinians. Free Palestine!
While it's undeniable that there are significant domestic issues to address, foreign policy isn't a zero-sum game. The U.S. can and should work on improving domestic issues while maintaining strategic alliances abroad. For instance, Israel is a key partner in intelligence sharing, counterterrorism, and a valuable ally in a volatile region. Its strategic position and technological advancements serve the U.S.'s interests. Also, to address your concern about violence and displacement, continued engagement can allow the U.S. to exert positive influence over Israel's policies towards Palestinians. How do you propose the U.S. should balance its domestic and foreign responsibilities?
@9S3BZL411mos11MO
Israel's technological advancements are a result of America sharing our high technology with them. The B. I. R. D., The B. A. R. D., The B. S. F., are the primary reasons for them becoming the startup nation. Israel's goal is to move our semiconductor manufacturing to their land. To install more backdoors into our computer systems to monitor and gather our secret information. Our R&D Centers have moved out of the USA to Israel. Why take away jobs? Why move them to an unstable region? It's a manufactured crisis to pull endless financial and military aid from American taxpaye… Read more
@9FNK3MQ2yrs2Y
It is none of our business, we have only been a camcer to the situation and israel commits acts of violence against innocent people while we stand by and watch
@9FZGD422yrs2Y
We need to stay out of the Palestine/Israel conflict--we do not need an embassy there and these countries need to figure out their own problems without US interference, US needs to stay in its lane and solve the problems on home soil
@ISIDEWITH13yrs13Y
We should give full support to Palestine
@9W2JPZP9mos9MO
Hell no. On Oct. 7, 2023, terrorists from Palestine murdered over 1200 Jews, taking even more hostage. It was the largest mass killing of the Jews since the Holocaust. I feel I am more biased because I myself am Israeli, but even if I wasn't, I'd still be on Israel's side. Israel has the right to defend itself and do anything to get the terrorists out and bring the hostages home.
@Renaldo-MoonGreen 9mos9MO
And since then Israel has killed 40,000 innocent Palestinians. They bombed schools, hospitals, water treatment plants, UN aid centers, and cut off all food to Gaza. There is no food or clean water in Gaza and thousands of children are starving to death. They've since taken actions against Lebanon killing thousands of civilians there. They destroyed the main port that food goes into Yeman causing thousands to start starving to death. Israel is committing war crimes on a daily basis and and no one is lifting a finger to stop them.
@4SDT7HN9mos9MO
What reasoning do you have for this? Why would we support a country that invades a neighboring country and kidnaps its people?
@95LCGPT3yrs3Y
No, but we should give our full support to Palestine in it's struggle against Jewish supremacism and the so-called "Jewish State" of Israel.
@4SDT7HN9mos9MO
Have you been to Palestine or Israel? Do you know how many Palestinians work, have gotten degrees in Israel and are treated in Israeli hospitals? Palestinian leaders have squandered their country, while Israel has invested in technology, education and freedom for its citizens. Instead of trying to destroy Israel perhaps if Palestine leaders weren’t so corrupt they could have used the billions in funding got their people instead of trying to destroy Israel. From 2014 to 2020, U.N. agencies spent nearly $4.5 billion in Gaza, including $600 million in 2020 alone.
@Renaldo-MoonGreen 9mos9MO
Palestinians live in walled of sections of Israel. There is literally a wall around Gaza that is guarded by Israeli soldiers and Palestinians are not allowed out.
@jsimicConstitution10mos10MO
Supporting Palestine is supporting Arab supremacism against the so-called state of "Palestine"
A country that has never existed during or before the Ottoman Empire to the Roman Empire.
A "country" that was conceived exclusively for antisemitism and the push for a New Holocaust.
This is really funny you're talking about Palestine but all but one of your points are actually true about Israel.
Israel was a person in the story not a kingdom. Israel is a completely made up country created after WWII to get Jews out of Europe and the US which is very anti semitic. Palestine however, was a state of the Ottoman empire. Supporting Palestine is not supporting Arab supremacy; most people in Palestine are willing to share the land with Israel.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution11mos11MO
We should remain neutral, bring our troops home, and abolish all foreign aid – but if we're going to intervene, let it be on the side of Israel.
Yes, but also respect the plight of the Palestinians.
@9M7PD4L1yr1Y
Impossible. You can't fund the murder of Palestinian children and pretend to "respect" their plight as well. That's as worse as hypocrisy gets.
@jsimicConstitution10mos10MO
But you can support the murder of Jewish children and pretend they deserve to live?
BTW, are these Hamas centers conveniently placed in orphanages and schools?
It's almost like Hamas wants Palestinian children dead so Westerners can condemn Israel when Hamas is committing war crimes.
@Renaldo-MoonGreen 9mos9MO
Most of these so called "Hamas centers" were fabricated by Israel as an excuse to attack schools, hospitals, and orphanages. Also all the weapons that were ever found in "Hama's strongholds" all had the IDF's logo embossed on them, meaning either Israel gave them to Hamas or Israel planted evidence.
@B4NDKJQ3mos3MO
Yet another example of the phenomenon of the most insane conspiracy theories coming from the left seeing the light of day, whereas on the right, they are patently dismissed offhand.
@59X5S8B5yrs5Y
No!!! We have issues in this country that should be addressed!!! We have children who go hungry every day!!! Why do we have charities that raise money to feed hungry children while we are sending billions to foreign countries??? We need to butt out of Middle East issues!!!
@8TJMDNN4yrs4Y
I disagree. If you care about that money then you should understand that most money the US gives to Israel comes right back to the US. Israel buys things from the US using the money. That money can then be used to fix hunger.
@9S3BZL411mos11MO
Israel receives $10.6 million a day from the US. They are allowed to receive a lump sum at the beginning of the fiscal year and put it into an interest-bearing account to pay their debt. No other foreign country is allowed to do this. Why does Israel have this privilege? The US taxpayer has to pay the interest on our debt. That means our great-great-great grandchildren will bear this financial burden. This doesn't include the weapons and military aid we provide them separately. We provide Israel with weapons, they don't buy them from us... They are a welfare nation.
@4RCMJYL5yrs5Y
Absolutely not. The U.S. should recognize that Zionism and Judaism are not the same. Israel's leaders are invading a sovereign land. Why not the same outrage as over the Ukraine?
@9TLJ3S210mos10MO
ukraine didn't fire missiles into russia and commit acts of terrorism towards russia.
@4SDT7HN9mos9MO
Hamas LITERALLY invaded Israel, murdered civilians and then took hostages into Gaza. Including AMERICAN hostage's that are still there… When you are the first to invade, and literally still holding hostages, you no longer can claim you are a sovereign nation.
Israel's leaders are corrupt, I'll give you that much, but the difference between Ukraine and Palestine is that terrorists based in Ukraine didn't attack Russia and start a war. Also, while it's true Zionism and Judaism aren't the same, what does that have to do with the US supporting Israel?
@NationalGuy47 6mos6MO
Hamas is the reason this thing started, Israel is mostly defending themselves, and israel did originally belong to Jews/Christians before Islam took over.
@4WTM6RP5yrs5Y
It pisses me off that we give Israel full health coverage for its people but we say we can't do that here. Am an active duty military wife with a grown son who cannot afford dental benefits and high priced medication but there's so many who balk at the idea of lowering our country welfare system. How is this acceptable? Wtf is wrong with people? They are clearly ignorant.
@8TJMDNN4yrs4Y
The US does not give Israel full health coverage for its people.
@9SHP5ZR11mos11MO
No, we don’t specifically provide aid for healthcare, however, as we provide approximately 70% of their military budget, they have those funds to spend elsewhere. While we are crushed by our military budget, for a DoD that cannot pass an audit, losing billions of dollars each year that are unaccounted for. We should not be providing (prior to 2023,2024) approximately 50% of all foreign aid to Israel. We have unlimited needs here in US and there are many more countries that desperately need aid to fend off starvation and disease.
@4VLX8DB5yrs5Y
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