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 Number of deaths in wars/conflicts between Israel & Palestine 1987-2024.

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/990/942/834/914/840/original/4e9c059c1e68e7bc.png 
 Interesting that the number of native Palestinians killed appears to be a lagging indicator of US military aid received.

Israel gets gifted the money, and /then/ the IDF is tasked with killing people with it. Takes a few years to filter through...

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Asher-Tishler/publication/24078270/figure/fig1/AS:669017559801857@1536517624065/The-US-foreign-military-aid-to-Israel-during-1977-2004.png

https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3992f91977c04501a9a1046d5bd5750c_6.