The US Is Funding 70% of Israel’s Wars
By Kyle Anzalone | The Libertarian Institute | October 29, 2024
A new report by the Israeli outlet Calcalist reviewed Israeli military spending on wars since October 7, finding that Washington is funding 70% of Tel Aviv’s military costs. In a little over a year, the US has provided Israel with more than $20 billion in military aid.
“The scope of American aid since the beginning of the war is about 85 billion shekels… According to official estimates by the Bank of Israel, the total cost of the war is…approximately NIS 118 billion.” It continues, “Therefore, according to a simple calculation, The Americans financed about 70% of the war effort.”
According to the Cost of War Project, the US has given Israel $22.57 billion in military aid since the Hamas attack. Calcalist concludes without US support, Tel Aviv’s war would simply be unaffordable.
“There is no doubt that without the American aid the government deficit for the years 2024-2025 (which is one of the highest in the country’s history), would have increased by about 4.3 % GDP, which would have made it unfinanceable,” it says. “Therefore, it is doubtful whether this war would have been conducted as it is – neither in intensity nor in scope – without the American assistance.”
The US has sent Israel tens of thousands of bombs, artillery rounds, and tank shells. Those weapons have been used to commit countless war crimes against the Palestinian people of Gaza.
The official death toll in the besieged enclave now exceeds 43,000. However, a group of American healthcare workers who have spent time volunteering in Gaza estimate the actual death count to be over 118,000.
Dr Tammy Abughanim, a pediatric intensive-care surgeon, said, “We cannot do our jobs, because Israel has made our jobs impossible, and Israel has made our jobs impossible with the direct support of the United States.” She added, “We all know the obvious step is to stop supplying Israel with the arms that it is using, the weaponry that it is using to target and kill civilians.”
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“The US has sent Israel tens of thousands of bombs, artillery rounds, and tank shells.” = thousands upon thousands of “Benjamins, Baby” profits for the ZioMIC — $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$….
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In other words, the fake democratic republic “US” (ZOG-US) is funding 70% of ZOG-Israel’s genocide. When ZOG funds ZOG, why bother distinguishing between the two? The American people are under golden calf parasite occupation, same as the Palestinian people. The American people just aren’t being directly attacked by ZOG… yet. But they have unleashed BLM, ESG, Wokeism, the FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, and a whole slew of other Neocon-backed divide and rule programs and agencies that serve the increasingly backbiting nest of vipers.
This is what happens when a nation allows an organized nest of vipers to infiltrate: It becomes a disorganized nest of vipers.
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This is a good portray of the current USA:
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/wVEFX8dNgodZicxT/?mibextid=oFDknk
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Congress moves to BAN parts of Bible that mention Christ being killed by Jews
I am not religious myself but this is obviously about a lot more than religion. It is free speech, it is separation of religion and state, etc:
‘The House overwhelmingly voted to pass the Antisemitism Awareness Act with 320 votes against 91. Of those 91 opposers, 70 were Democrats and 21 were Republicans, demonstrating that the “right” overwhelmingly supports Israel at all costs while the “left” is more skeptical of the Zionist state.’
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article288246510.html
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It was Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel – MLK Jr’s rabbi – who convinced the Catholic Church to remove all references to the Jews killing Jesus back in 1965. The Vatican Council II passed a resolution denying Jewish guilt in the cruxifixion.
https://archive.ph/EsQeq#selection-907.0-907.297
https://archive.ph/IXbam#selection-975.3-975.559
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Israelis tell evangelical Christians at Western Wall to ‘go home’
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=vio53jUpJz0
Israeli settlers assault Christian abbot in Jerusalem verbally and physically:
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=aBdF3qyO2zU
Israeli settlers verbally abuse and spit at Christian nuns in Jerusalem:
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=7uL555xWQeE
Spitting, Hitting Attacks on Christians are Surging in Israel: ‘Extreme and Unacceptable’
‘Recently a channel 13 reporter went undercover as a priest for a day. Dressed in a robe he walked through the old city with franciscan Father Alberto.
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https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=z581dbGqr08&t=103
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Why were they absolved by the Vatican around 1945?
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