Gaza today. Devastation wrought with our tax dollars.
Posted on 08/12/2025 7:07:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber
On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas launched a brutal assault on Israel. As 5,000 rockets slammed into civilian targets, terrorists massacred at least 1,200 Israelis, wounded about 3,500, and took 251 hostages. They raped, eviscerated, mutilated, beheaded, tortured, and incinerated their victims. At least 75 hostages have died, and about 20 remain in captivity.
Prior to the attack, 137 UN member countries recognized Palestinian statehood. Apparently unbothered by Hamas’ savagery, and distressed by Israel’s aggressive military response, 10 additional nations recognized Palestine after the attack. In the last month, Australia, Britain, Canada, and France provisionally joined them. Led by France, the European Union and 18 countries signed declarations criticizing Israel for defending itself and signaled that they too are poised to recognize Palestine. The United States is the last permanent member of the UN Security Council refusing to go along.
International support for a two-state solution obstructs ceasefire talks and “encourages and rewards” terrorism, Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded, while senior Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamad observed that Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack brought the Palestinian cause to the forefront, and “is why all the countries are starting to recognize a Palestinian state.” Israel’s chutzpah in defending itself is the other reason.
John Spence, the world-renowned chair of urban warfare at West Point, observes that no military fighting force has ever done more to avoid civilian casualties than Israel. Savvy Hamas propagandists falsely claim that Israel bombed the Al-Ahli hospital (struck by a Hamas rocket), killed Palestinians lining up for food (denied by aid groups, and disproved by video of terrorists firing on their own people), and starve Palestinians (tragically advanced by exploiting a genetically frail child).
There is almost no attention to the continued calls by Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis to exterminate the world’s 20 million Jews,
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
The HAMAS propaganda seems very effective on leftists including elite leftist leaders. They don’t seem to realize that HAMAS believes they should be exterminated too.
Their agitprop has done a fine job. The Israelis forced them to fly in and massacre those kids because of a noise Ord violation. Some folks would believe that.
From the river to the Med, all ham-ass should be dead!
“They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.”
> Their [Hamas] agitprop has done a fine job. <
Quite impressive, actually. Now combine that with something else. Mao once said the West can no longer properly focus on the long-term. So you just have to wait them out.
We see that happening here. The horror and righteous indignation over the Hamas massacre has given way to demands for peace and compromise.
Pathetic is probably too mild a word to describe it.
World Rewards Hamas for Its Atrocities
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US taxpayers reward Israel for its devastation
All the information given below is info Israel and its annoying stalwarts do not want you to know.
Historically, a large portion of US tax dollars given as “military aid” to Israel has been provided through Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grants, which allow Israel to purchase US military equipment and services.
While this is a form of foreign aid, it is important to note that Israel’s total control of Congress has sometimes allowed it to inveigle Congress into transforming “bills due for military aid” into “gifts.”
Here’s a breakdown of how the FMF program works in relation to Israel:
<><>Grants for purchases: The FMF program provides grant funding that Israel uses to purchase defense articles and services from the United States.
<><>Long-term agreement: This funding is part of a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Israeli governments, ensuring a consistent level of military assistance. The current MOU allocates $3.3 billion annually for FMF and an additional $500 million for cooperative missile defense programs. Not direct gifts: Israel uses these funds to purchase military equipment and services, essentially using U.S. grant money to buy U.S. goods and support industries.
It is also crucial to be aware that the U.S. may provide additional military assistance to Israel beyond the FMF program, particularly during times of conflict or emergencies, as evidenced by supplemental appropriations following the October 7, 2023, attacks.
In essence, while the U.S. provides substantial US tax dollars for Israel’s defense needs through the FMF program, it’s structured as a turnaround——tax dollars given for “purchases”......until Israel decides to have “purchases” turned into “gifts” by the Israeli-controlled Congress.
Democrats are OK with arming foreign countries but grabbing guns from Americans is an obsession w/ them. The same “Democrats” that gleefully trample your 2A rights, are hell bent on depleting US supplies——there to protect American families-——by supplying reams of tax-paid weapons to “our greatest ally.”
Since 1973, Israel has received more than $120 billion US tax
dollars in MILITARY assistance alone, including “three special aid” packages.
<><>billions for signing the Israel-Egypt peace treaty
<><>billions for Israel’s withdrawal from the Sinai.
<><>billions for redeployment of Israeli forces
<><>rebuilding Israeli air bases in the Negev cost $5 billion.
Besides weaponry, Israel also receives economic and humanitarian foreign aid, which supports broad economic development and sociopolitical stability and can include non-military support related to the country’s pressing security needs.
Military aid from US taxpayers has blanketed Israel over the years. They have more than enough resources, now, to nail Hamas and Hezbollah. Wealthy Israel has very low debt, and actually had a budget surplus this year, while the US is $33 trillion in debt, a debt which future generations are saddled with.
Gaza today. Devastation wrought with our tax dollars.
Throw the ambassadors from all these countries out of the US and raise their tariffs 100%.
Gaza hasn't surrendered after brutally attacking Israeli civilians. Logic says that Israel hasn't attacked Gaza enough.
In all seriousness, when you're at war with an enemy who threw the first punch, and the attacks are mainly targeting your citizens, then you (in this case Israel) have no option except to hit the enemy however hard it takes until they surrender. The "proportionate response" isn't defined by how hard the enemy hit you or by the compassion of the country defending itself. The proportion you strike back is based solely on the commitment of the enemy who is trying to wipe out your society. If it takes only a couple of punches on the nose for the enemy to surrender, fine. But the Gazans or Hamas or "Palestinians" or whatever you want to call them have made it clear that they're not yet ready to stand down. The Muslims there are showing that they won't stop until Israel yanks the Muslims' nuts off and forces them down their throats. That's not my fault nor your fault nor Israel's fault. That's the fault of the blood thirsty violent cult called Islam.
......when you’re at war with an enemy who threw the first punch, Israel has no option except to hit the enemy however hard it takes until they surrender.
Balderdash——Israel creates enemies b/c its a very profitable business.
They have plenty of options but preserving “foreign aid” takes precedence.
Who “threw the first punch” is debatable.
If wealthy, arms-saturated, well-fed Israel would
stop flaunting itself to poor deprived, hungry humans,
it would not get attacked.
“”Who “threw the first punch” is debatable.
If wealthy, arms-saturated, well-fed Israel would
stop flaunting itself to poor deprived, hungry humans,
it would not get attacked.””
No, it’s actually not debatable and not in question. October 7 shocked the world with the depravity and brutality, savage in nature, inflicted upon innocent people in Gaza. But you, like every other moronic Jew-hater, have blamed ‘da jews’ for that unprovoked attack, just like you blame Israel for every other attack upon them.
You, my dear, are a rabid anti-Semite. And I’m betting that pretty much everyone on this forum knows it. And for the record...
you are on the wrong side, you are dead wrong, and you will answer for that some day.
“”But the Gazans or Hamas or “Palestinians” or whatever you want to call them have made it clear that they’re not yet ready to stand down. The Muslims there are showing that they won’t stop until Israel yanks the Muslims’ nuts off and forces them down their throats. That’s not my fault nor your fault nor Israel’s fault. That’s the fault of the blood thirsty violent cult called Islam.””
I recall when Israel pulled out of Gaza, back in 2005. I knew it was a mistake, and a collossal one, even then and it has taken this long... two decades... to prove me correct. You can’t make deals with the devil and come out ahead or win. And that is essentially the situation that Israel is in right now. Making deals with Hamas is a lose-lose scenario. Always will be. Evil cannot be reasoned with... and you shouldn’t even try.
Liz thinks she is more perfect than GOD.
Peanuts to what we have given Ukraine in the last three years Liz.
Since 1973, Israel has received more than $120 billion US tax-———
Peanuts to what we have given Ukraine in the last three years Liz.
Not content w/ the mega billions already in his pocket, after meeting w/ Netanyahu, Zelensky demanded US tax dollars to Ukraine “according to the Israeli model”......here’s what he means:
Read:Congressional Research Service
US Foreign aid to Israel
60 page detailed report
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33222/44
The concerned Israeli lobby made sure Congress is required by law to ensure that U.S. military aid in the Middle East region doesn’t damage Israel’s military superiority over its neighbors. That requirement enjoys broad bipartisan support and has served as a benchmark for ensuring Israel receives robust U.S. support.
Biden kept gaslighting Americans about the “need” for
American foreign aid tax dollars to Ukraine and Israel.
Here’s why they DONT need it:
About $113.1 billion in tax dollars were authorized in 2022 for Ukraine, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Most of it–about $67.1 billion–was defense-related. The other $46 billion included:
<><>$26.9 billion for economic support;
<><>$7.9 billion for international disaster assistance;
<><>$6.6 billion in assistance for refugees;
<><>$1.5 billion for assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia;
<><>plus $3.1 billion for other non-defense spending.
US tax dollars helped Ukraine
<><>pay the salaries of 618,000 educators, 517,000 health workers, and 56,500 first responders
<><>helped sustain critical healthcare services,
<><>helped meet pension responsibilities for 9.8 million people,
<><>assisted 1.3 million internally displaced persons,
<><>provided housing assistance to 4.1 million people,
<><>provided social assistance to 240,000 low-income families
<><>helped subsidize 480,000 persons with disabilities,
<><>bought supplies for farmers,
<><>financed finding markets for small business.
Backstory: Since 1973, Israel has received more than $120 billion US tax
dollars in MILITARY assistance alone, including “three special aid” packages.
<><>billions for signing the Israel-Egypt peace treaty
<><>billions for Israel’s withdrawal from the Sinai.
<><>billions for redeployment of Israeli forces
<><>rebuilding Israeli air bases in the Negev cost $5 billion.
Besides weaponry, Israel also receives economic and humanitarian foreign aid, which supports broad economic development and sociopolitical stability and can include non-military support related to the country’s pressing security needs.
Military aid from US taxpayers has blanketed Israel over the years. They have more than enough resources, now, to nail Hamas and Hezbollah. Wealthy Israel has very low debt, and actually had a budget surplus this year, while the US is $33 trillion in debt, a debt which future generations are saddled with.
All the information given below is info Israel and its annoying stalwarts do not want you to know.
Historically, a large portion of US tax dollars given as “military aid” to Israel has been provided through Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grants, which allow Israel to purchase US military equipment and services.
While this is a form of foreign aid, it is important to note that Israel’s total control of Congress has sometimes allowed it to inveigle Congress into transforming “bills due for military aid” into “gifts.”
Here’s a breakdown of how the FMF program works in relation to Israel:
<><>Grants for purchases: The FMF program provides grant funding that Israel uses to purchase defense articles and services from the United States.
<><>Long-term agreement: This funding is part of a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Israeli governments, ensuring a consistent level of military assistance. The current MOU allocates $3.3 billion annually for FMF and an additional $500 million for cooperative missile defense programs. Not direct gifts: Israel uses these funds to purchase military equipment and services, essentially using U.S. grant money to buy U.S. goods and support industries.
It is also crucial to be aware that the U.S. may provide additional military assistance to Israel beyond the FMF program, particularly during times of conflict or emergencies, as evidenced by supplemental appropriations following the October 7, 2023, attacks.
In essence, while the U.S. provides substantial US tax dollars for Israel’s defense needs through the FMF program, it’s structured as a turnaround——tax dollars given for “purchases”......until Israel decides to have “purchases” turned into “gifts” by the Israeli-controlled Congress.
Netanyahu showed Zelensky that trick.
You, my dear, are a rabid anti-Semite. And I’m betting that pretty much everyone on this forum knows it. And for the record...you are on the wrong side, you are dead wrong, and you will answer for that some day.
Well, if an ***-kissing sucker like you you says so, it MUST be true......../s.
“”Well, if an ***-kissing sucker like you you says so, it MUST be true......../s.””
Lol.... and pray tell... whose *** am I supposedly kissing? (this should be interesting)
Bottom line... your ssdd “blame Israel” for all of the evils that terrorists like Hamas do is classic. You own it. Well deserved. You’ve earned the title. That title and maybe a few others.
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