Should the U.S. cut or suspend Israel's massive annual...

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

Poll question: Should the U.S. cut or suspend Israel's massive annual...

...aid package as a means encouraging their use of diplomacy rather militarism in the Middle East?

And secondly,

If the decision whether to cut Israel's aid package were actually in the hands of the American people rather than our corporate owned Congress, would this likely have already been done?

And thirdly,

Is there any real chance, given corporate and other special interest influence in Washington that Israel's aid package will be suspended or meaningfully cut in the near future?

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Last summer, Israel sought $2 billion, but suspended its request following the Katrina disaster. With popular and congressional attention to New Orleans now dissipating, Israel is again asking American taxpayers for help, although it has scaled back to $1.2 billion in light of popular sentiment and signals from Congress. This amount is supplemental to Israel's share of our regular foreign aid that has run $3 billion to $4 billion annually for decades.

Source: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0108-21.htm