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In February the Senate passed a $14 billion USD aid package for Israel. [12] By March US had approved more than 100 arms sales to Israel. [13] On 30 March, the White House authorized $2.5 billion in weapons transfers to Israel. [14] In April, Biden signed a $95bn security package which included around $17bn in military aid for Israel. [15]
Here's a look at where some of the U.S. taxpayer money went: Record military aid to Israel. Israel — a protege of the United States since its 1948 founding — is the biggest recipient of U.S. military aid in history, getting $251.2 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars since 1959, the report says.
Under President Barack Obama, the US signed a third decade-long Memorandum of Understanding outlining military aid to Israel, which committed the US to send $38bn from 2019 until 2028.
As part of a record $38 billion agreement over ten years negotiated under former US President Barack Obama in 2016, US military aid to Israel exceeded $3.8 billion in 2023. Of the $3.8 billion in military aid given to Israel this year, half a billion was for Israel's missile defense.
The Hamas attacks killed some 1,200 people in Israel, mostly civilians, and militants abducted another 250. The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around the Middle East,
It also faces resistance from a handful of left-leaning Democrats who object to sending more money to Israel while it pursues a military campaign that has killed more than 30,000 civilians in Gaza ...
Total US foreign aid to Israel compared to other countries. 1946-2022. [39] Israeli (left) and American (right) generals meet in Tel Aviv in 2019. In terms of total money received, Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of military assistance from the United States since World War II, [40] followed by Vietnam, Egypt, Afghanistan, and Turkey.
Since the Second World War, the US has given more aid to Israel than any other country. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...