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You're a fucking idiot lumping different Arab lobbies together some who are at war with each other Scum Bag ZioNazi nut!Show us the link to the Islam lobby liar#1!AIPAC controls our government through a cabalistic campaign donations against American Interests...Thunderbird, et al,
OK, it is true that Israel a big recipient of Aid from the US (so what).
Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. From 1976-2004, Israel was the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance, having been supplanted by Iraq. Since 1985, the United States has provided nearly $3 billion in grants annually to Israel.
Almost all U.S. bilateral aid to Israel is in the form of military assistance. In the past, Israel also had received significant economic assistance. Strong congressional support for Israel has resulted in Israel’s receiving benefits not available to other countries. For example, Israel can use some U.S. military assistance both for research and development in the United States and for military purchases from Israeli manufacturers. SOURCE: CRS Report RL33476
Since 1948, the aid given to Israel evolved from helping preserve the original intent of a Jewish Nation Home, to much more. In recent decades, probably the 1970's onward, the purpose of the aid has further a strong bilateral arrangement which reflects are shared values in government and culture; not to forget the great concern that both countries hold in the matter of strategic goals in the Middle East (concern over Iran, Syria, Islamic extremism).
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There have been at times, when the two counties have experienced some political and diplomatic differences discord. But of the many security and defense agreements the US has entered into since the end of WWII, only the Five-Eyes (the US + Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand) has proven as durable, successful and reliable as the one between Israel and the US.
Congressional Research Report 10 JUNE 2015 US Aid to Israel
Though aid to Israel has detractors as well as supporters, overall U.S. public support for Israel remains strong. According to a February 2015 Gallup poll that measured Americans’ sympathies toward the disputants in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 62% said their sympathies lie with the Israelis and 16% said their sympathies lie with the Palestinians. According to a February 2015 Pew Research Center poll, “48% of respondents say that the level of U.S. support for Israel is about right; 29% say the U.S. is not supportive enough of Israel, while 18% say it is too supportive.” Neither of these surveys explicitly examined public opinion regarding U.S. aid to Israel.
SOURCE: CRS Report RL33222 & CRS Report RL33476, Israel: Background and U.S. Relations
Over the last 7+ decades, each of the successor Presidents (and Administrations), and Congressional Lawmakers have "considered Israel to be a reliable partner in the region, and U.S. aid packages for Israel have reflected this sentiment."
Israel is not an "Apartheid" country. It doesn't even come close to the definition by the International Criminal Court. It is merely a anti-Israeli Humanitarian claim to put forward an inflammatory language. Who betrayed "America" and put Israel first." Again, this is inflammatory language designed to incite a hostile image of Israel in the minds unfamiliar with the Jihadist and Fedayeen activity in the Region and the International Threat they have posed since the 1972 Munich Olympic Games (Palestinian attackers—Afif, Nazzal, Chic Thaa, Hamid and Jamal—killed during the Fürstenfeldbruck gun battle were delivered to Libya, where they received heroes' funerals and were buried with full military honors). {Rule 2 Article 51(2) of Additional Protocol I prohibits Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.}
Let's put this in perspective before we get all excited. Yes, annually we will give Israel about $3B. The Program cost for the F-22 Raptor is $66.7 billion. It is much better to insure that Israel has a Qualitative Military Advantage in equipment and technology, then to give the advantage in numbers by the Arab Countries still hostile; unable to make peace.
Most Respectfully,
R
Yet the islam lobby is spending 10 times what AIPAC is spending on buying politicians in the US. Why do you think that Pakistan can afford a space programme while US vets are homeless, because they gat massive amounts of US aid. Who pays the most into the UN coffers that goes to fund terrorism and violence in gaza.
Arab lobby in the United States - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
According to Mitchell Bard in an article for the Jewish Virtual Library, Isaiah L. Kenen, the founder of American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs or "AZCPA" (which became American Israel Public Affairs Committee or "AIPAC"), wrote of the Arab lobby's roots in the 1950s "petro-diplomatic complex" that comprised the "oil industry, missionaries, and diplomats." Bard states that in 1951 King Saud of Saudi Arabia asked U.S. diplomats to finance a pro-Arab lobby to counter AZCPA.[4] Bard in his book The Arab Lobby: The Invisible Alliance That Undermines America's Interests in the Middle East, states that the approach has not changed since the days of King Saud;[5] the basic message, according to Bard, is that the Saudis and the Gulf States have the oil and will supply it to America and its allies on the condition that America keeps the Arab ruling families in power.[6] Bard further states that the subsidiary clause is that the Arab oil states will also purchase arms ($100 billion worth over the last 50 years) to keep themselves in power and able to produce oil.[7]
Bard also alleges "blackmail" . He claims that from time to time the United States criticized the oil states for denying human rights to their own citizens, sponsoring militants who attack Israel, spreading extremist forms of Islam around the world, and supporting terrorism in many countries, but this criticism in rapidly reigned in by threatening to cut off the oil supply.[7]
Many of the players in the Arab lobby are paid directly by Arab governments, the New York Times describes them as an "elite band of former members of Congress, former diplomats and power brokers who have helped Middle Eastern nations navigate diplomatic waters here on delicate issues like arms deals, terrorism, oil and trade restrictions." Powerful lobbyists working on behalf of the Arab lobby include Bob Livingston, Tony Podesta, and Toby Moffett. Arab governments have paid "tens of millions of dollars" to "top" lobbying firms that work to influence the American government.[10] This includes the Saudi Arabia lobby, Egypt lobby and the Libya lobby.
In the wake of 9/11, Saudi Arabia hired the lobbying firms Patton Boggs and Qorvis, paying $14 million a year.[
So you see money talks, but OIL money talks louder
aipac - Yahoo Search Results Yahoo Search Results
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a private Jewish American group that claims to be “America’s pro-Israel lobby,” is considered by The New York Times to be, “the most important organization affecting America’s relationship with Israel.” In 1997, Fortune magazine called AIPAC the second most powerful lobby in America. Since that time AIPAC’s star has risen steadily, and is now widely regarded as the most powerful lobby in America.
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