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White House: We ‘Hear’ Criticisms of Israel Policy, ‘That’s Why the President Has Called for a Six-Week Ceasefire’
Breitbart ^ | 03/16/2024 | Ian hatchett

Posted on 03/16/2024 12:34:00 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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Most of the aid—approximately $3.3 billion a year—is provided as grants under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program, funds that Israel must use to purchase U.S. military equipment and services. Israel has also historically been permitted to use a portion of its FMF aid to buy equipment from Israeli defense firms—a benefit not granted to other recipients of U.S. military aid—but this domestic procurement is to be phased out in the next few years. U.S. aid reportedly accounts for some 15 percent of Israel’s defense budget. Israel, like many other countries, also buys U.S. military products outside of the FMF program.


from your article. Most of it comes back to buy our military supplies.

“Israel has also historically been permitted to use a portion of its FMF aid to buy equipment from Israeli defense firms—a benefit not granted to other recipients of U.S. military aid”

Good negotiation on Israel’s Part?


41 posted on 03/16/2024 4:36:04 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

I was talking to my wife about it—basically the US is financing US military contractors—Israel is just the middle man.


42 posted on 03/16/2024 4:37:30 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: PeterPrinciple
Israel is wealthy enough now so they need to be more like France and become less reliant on American weapons. And that includes saying no to American money because it comes with strings attached.

Back in the '70s, this was not an option. But they have an $564.15 billion economy and they will continue to get larger.

43 posted on 03/16/2024 4:38:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s funny, he ignores the criticism of him from Americans about his border policies that result is the deaths of innocent Americans from these illegal alien invaders.


44 posted on 03/16/2024 5:22:39 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: CatOwner

It would be good if Israeli politicians show solidarity with Bibi and the war aims. They don’t owe Biden nothing and would be better off with President Trump.


45 posted on 03/16/2024 6:00:37 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: faithhopecharity

Any bets on how long this insane new pier will last after its completion? I don’t think it will be allowed to exist more than a day after it’s finished. Nor should it.


46 posted on 03/16/2024 8:12:00 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Biden Senior Advisor and Assistant and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Tom Perez responded to critics who say the Biden administration's policies are too pro-Israel by saying that the White House hears "the concerns of our friends in Michigan... the President has called for a six-week ceasefire."

47 posted on 03/16/2024 10:13:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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Please, Bibi. Say GFYS and just charge into Rafeh. Get ‘er done quickly, or this will all have been for nothing.


48 posted on 03/16/2024 10:54:23 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: EinNYC

Agreed the insane pier won’t be operational very long, not at all. But I’m betting some Turkish or European antisemites will try using it for weapons smuggling to the terrorists first


49 posted on 03/17/2024 12:35:12 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: SunkenCiv; All

CAIR lobby bragged the other day..


50 posted on 03/17/2024 1:28:20 AM PDT by Conservat1
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To: Eleutheria5; Conservat1

Biden’s just pissin’ off everyone lately. But as long as those Iranian kickbacks keep rolling in, he doesn’t care.


51 posted on 03/18/2024 12:47:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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