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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShould Congress agree to the Israeli government demand to increase aid to $4.5 billion this year?
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http://jpupdates.com/2015/05/26/israel-seeking-to-increase-u-s-aid-to-4-5b/
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Should Congress agree to the Israeli government demand to increase aid to $4.5 billion this year? (Original Post)
Ken Burch
May 2015
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Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)1. demand? no.
delrem
(9,688 posts)2. Don't they need at least that to mount their next operation against Gaza?
I hear that those Gazans dig terror tunnels.
I hear that those Gazans use their own children as human shields, forcing Israel to shoot them.
The next operation against Gaza will take at least $4.5 billion, I should think.
And that says nothing of the money required to do peacekeeping work in the West Bank, esp. around those areas where new settlements are being introduced.
-none
(1,884 posts)3. Hell No!
That money can be put to better use in this country. Who knows how many lives we save by not complying.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)4. Whatever Israel demands,
I think we ought to give them. How else can they direct our foreign policy?
postulater
(5,075 posts)5. We should demand a few billion from them.
Or have they already paid back everything we have lent them?