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75 years of US support for Israel, briefly explained. Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN. October 11, 2023 at 6:51 PM. A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter.
Since World War II, Israel has been the largest recipient of U.S. foreign assistance, to the tune of $158 billion in military aid.
And as Israel faces the darkest hour of its 75 year history, the bipartisan resolution we are about to vote on proclaims that as long as there is a United States of America, the people of Israel ...
Telegram on recognition of the State of Israel, May 1948. Previous American presidents, although encouraged by active support from members of the American and world Jewish communities, as well as domestic civic groups, labor unions, and political parties, supported the Jewish homeland concept, alluded to in Britain's 1917 Balfour Declaration, they officially continued to "acquiesce".
Gallup Poll showing US change from majority approval (Nov. 2023) to majority disapproval (March 2024) of Israeli military action in Gaza. [20]A June 2024 poll shows that about 70 percent of Democrats and 35 percent of Republicans support conditions on military aid to Israel, but the disconnect between what voters want and what the Biden administration is doing seems to be widening by the time ...
[citation needed] Although Guinea broke diplomatic ties with Israel in 1967, Israel's extensive support for Guinea during its fight against an Ebola virus epidemic led to the re-establishment of bilateral relations in 2016. [13] Nicaragua restored relations in March 2017; Chad did likewise in January 2019. [14]
On Israel's 75th birthday, as on its 50th, the Jewish state is locked in an internal struggle and unsure of its direction, again under Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership.
In 1999, the US government signed a Memorandum of Understanding through which it committed to providing Israel with at least US$2.67 billion in military aid annually, for the following ten years; in 2009, the annual amount was raised to US$3 billion; and in 2019, the amount was raised again, now standing at a minimum of US $3.8 billion that the ...