White House Opposes Proposal to Increase Military Aid for Israel
Source: Haaretz
Last month, the Senate Appropriations Committee recommended $600 million in funding for fiscal year 2017 $454 million over U.S. President Obamas request.
Jacob Kornbluh, Jewish Insider Jun 15, 2016 6:50 AM
The White House announced its opposition to a congressional proposal to increase funding by $445 million for Israels missile defense program in the 2017 budget.
In a Statement of Administration Policy released by the White Houses Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday, the administration said it opposes the addition of $455 million above the FY 2017 Budget request for Israeli missile defense procurement and cooperative development programs.
Last month, the Senate Appropriations Committee recommended $600 million in funding for fiscal year 2017 an increase of $113 million from last year and $454 million over President Barack Obamas request.
In a statement AIPAC said it was deeply disappointed that the increased funding has been objected by the administration. On a bipartisan basis, Congress has increased funding above administration requests this year, as it has done for well over a decade, AIPAC said.
Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.725078
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)There is an ad running here in Illinois, asking people to donate $25 to feed Israeli citizens, who are lacking food!! Thanks to the US aid, they have universal healthcare, plenty of weapons, but NO FOOD? What has Bibi been spending all our taxpayer $$$ on? Someone in authority should look into the food banks in THIS country. Plenty of hingry people right here. Charity begins at home, I was told.
broiles
(1,370 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,919 posts)MIC uses the same model to "lobby" Congress to pay for ever larger military budgets and un-ending projects like the F-35.
JI7
(89,264 posts)pro israel policies. but it's still American and this is about money that goes to Israel.
Ford_Prefect
(7,919 posts)RealAmericanDem
(221 posts)According to the former Supreme Commander of NATO forces and Secretary of State, the late General Alexander Haig: Israel constitutes the largest US aircraft carrier, which does not require a single US boot on board, cannot be sunk, deployed in a most critical region to the US economy and national security. And, if there were not Israel in the eastern flank of the Mediterranean, the US would have to deploy to the region a few more real aircraft carriers and tens of thousands of troops, which would have cost the US taxpayer some $15 BN annually. All of which is spared by the existence of Israel.
Israel has been the most cost-effective, battle-tested laboratory of the US defense industries; the most reliable and practical beachhead/outpost of the US defense forces; sharing with the US unique intelligence, battle experience and battle tactics. Thus, Israel extends the US strategic hand, at a time when the US is experiencing draconian cuts in its defense budget, curtailing the size of its military force and the global deployment of troops, while facing tough international industrial-defense competition and dramatically intensified threats of Islamic terrorism overseas and on the US mainland.
EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Focus on renewable energy -> Oil independence -> No more use for Israel
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Chemisse
(30,817 posts)And possibly decide to cut the cash flow entirely.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)I've seen some amazing babble about him, it's like they share a common hatred of muslims or something.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Chemisse
(30,817 posts)Some of the protectionist talk makes it sound like he wants to cut support to other countries (in general). Of course he loves to make exceptions. He is so erratic, it's really hard to know what he would do regarding support for Israel.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Aristus
(66,462 posts)Run along now...