2 weeks ago - Propelled in part by a formidable pro-Israel political lobby in the United States, it has persisted without substantial modification. Washington still exhibits extreme deference not only to Israeli leaders’ judgment but also to their domestic political needs. It provides, without conditions, massive amounts of military aid: a 2016 memorandum of understanding promised $3.8 billion per year, a daily transfer of over $10 million in American taxpayers’ money, and Congress regularly adds more.

April 25, 2025 - Since its founding in 1948, the United States has provided Israel with over $130 billion in bilateral assistance focused on addressing new and complex security threats, bridging Israel’s capability gaps through security assistance and cooperation, ...

Israel doesn’t need U.S. military assistance. U.S. aid subsidizes Israeli defense contractors at the expense of American industry.

The U.S. has been giving aid to Israel since 1948, when it became a state.

That includes the $3.8 billion sale for 30 AH-64 Apache helicopters, nearly doubling Israel’s current fleet, a $1.9 billion sale for 3,200 infantry assault vehicles, and $660 million worth of Hellfire missiles. Altogether, since 1949, Israel has received more than $160 billion in assistance.

October 12, 2023 - Between 1951 and 2022, Israel received $225.2 billion in US military aid, adjusted for inflation, which is approximately 71% of its aid from all sources. Since 2000, over 86% of annual American aid to Israel has funded military efforts.

6 days ago - Bilateral relations have developed ... in 1948 to a partnership that connects the United States – a superpower seeking to balance competing interests in the Middle East – with Israel, a small but militarily powerful nation. Late U.S senator Jesse Helms argued that the military foothold offered by Israel justifies the expense of American military aid, referring ...

May 4, 1990 - The US has provided over $50 billion in economic and military aid to Israel since 1949, more than to any other country. Israel has the highest GNP per capita of all US aid recipients ($6,810).

August 11, 2009 - The interest costs borne by U.S. tax payers on behalf of Israel are $49.937 billion, thus making the total amount of aid given to Israel since 1949 $133.132 billion. This may mean that U.S.

December 14, 2023 - No. Although the US has given Israel about $160 billion in total economic and military aid since the country’s founding in 1948 – more than to any other country during that period – more than 95% of that has come since 1970.

6 hours ago - This isn't the first time Israel has tried to crack down on international humanitarian organizations. Throughout the war, Israel accused the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, of being infiltrated by Hamas, using its facilities and taking aid. The United Nations has denied it.

Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. Successive Administrations, working with Congress, have provided Israel with assistance reflective of robust domestic U.S. support for Israel and its security; shared strategic goals in the Middle East; and historical ties dating from U.S. support for the creation of Israel in 1948.

March 13, 1972 - The data included statistics of ... or “authorized” for its credits, loans, loan guarantees and grants totaling $2,400 million....

Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. Successive Administrations, working with Congress, have provided Israel with assistance · reflective of robust domestic U.S. support for Israel and its security; shared strategic goals in the · Middle ...

March 14, 2023 - The United States has supported Israel politically since its reestablishment in 1948. But it was not until the late 1960s that it began to regularly provide security assistance to the Jewish state.

Additional help is required (1) to provide service and repayment on a heavy foreign indebtedness, and (2) to finance a development program which might some day make Israel self-sustaining. The United States Jewish community has contributed some $700,000,000 since 1945 to Jewish Palestine and Israel.

September 26, 2025 - The U.S. has given Egypt and Jordan a total of $91.3 billion dollars in foreign aid since 1948. The goal has been to encourage Israel, Egypt, and Jordan to sign peace agreements and abide by them [9].

October 7, 2024 - 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.