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The United States supports Israel with $3.8 billion annually in "direct" military aid, as part of a 10-year, $38 billion agreement signed in 2016. This is the largest foreign military aid package ever given by the U.S. to any country.

๐Ÿ’ก Unveiling the Numbers: U.S. Military Support to Israel Explained

Did you know the United States provides Israel with approximately $4.7 billion in military support every year? ๐Ÿค” That's about $12.9 million per day! Let's break down where this massive amount goes and what it means. ๐Ÿ“Š

๐ŸŒ Total Annual Support: $4.7 Billion
    Monthly: ~$393 million
    Weekly: ~$90.7 million
    Daily: ~$12.9 million

1๏ธโƒฃ Direct Military Aid: $3.8 Billion Annually

A. Foreign Military Financing (FMF): $3.3 Billion
    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly: ~$275 million
    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Weekly: ~$63.5 million
    ๐Ÿ•’ Daily: ~$9 million
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Purpose: Allows Israel to purchase U.S. military equipment and services.

B. Missile Defense Funding: $500 Million
    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly: ~$41.7 million
    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Weekly: ~$9.6 million
    ๐Ÿ•’ Daily: ~$1.37 million
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Purpose: Supports Israel's missile defense systems like the Iron Dome.

2๏ธโƒฃ Indirect Military Support: $915 Million Annually

A. Additional Missile Defense Funding: $150 Million
    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly: ~$12.5 million
    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Weekly: ~$2.88 million
    ๐Ÿ•’ Daily: ~$411,000
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Purpose: Extra funds beyond formal agreements for missile defense enhancements.

B. War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel (WRSA-I): $100 Million
    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly: ~$8.33 million
    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Weekly: ~$1.92 million
    ๐Ÿ•’ Daily: ~$274,000
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Purpose: U.S. military equipment stored in Israel for emergencies.

C. Excess Defense Articles (EDA): $50 Million
    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly: ~$4.17 million
    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Weekly: ~$962,000
    ๐Ÿ•’ Daily: ~$137,000
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Purpose: Surplus U.S. military equipment provided at reduced or no cost.

D. Joint Military Exercises: $30 Million
    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly: ~$2.5 million
    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Weekly: ~$577,000
    ๐Ÿ•’ Daily: ~$82,000
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Purpose: Combined training operations to enhance readiness and interoperability.

E. Research & Development Collaboration: $25 Million
    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly: ~$2.08 million
    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Weekly: ~$481,000
    ๐Ÿ•’ Daily: ~$68,500
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Purpose: Joint development of advanced military technologies.

F. Loan Guarantee Savings: $10 Million
    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly: ~$833,000
    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Weekly: ~$192,000
    ๐Ÿ•’ Daily: ~$27,400
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Purpose: Savings from reduced interest rates due to U.S. loan guarantees.

G. Defense Contracts Revenue: $200 Million
    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly: ~$16.67 million
    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Weekly: ~$3.85 million
    ๐Ÿ•’ Daily: ~$548,000
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Purpose: Revenue for Israeli companies participating in U.S. defense contracts.

H. Intelligence Sharing Value: $50 Million
    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly: ~$4.17 million
    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Weekly: ~$962,000
    ๐Ÿ•’ Daily: ~$137,000
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Purpose: Strategic benefits from shared intelligence operations.

I. Tax Expenditure from Donations: $300 Million
    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Monthly: ~$25 million
    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Weekly: ~$5.77 million
    ๐Ÿ•’ Daily: ~$822,000
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Purpose: Tax revenue forgone due to U.S. citizens' tax-deductible donations to Israeli organizations.

๐Ÿ“Š Visualizing the Support
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๐Ÿ” Why Does This Matter?
    - Fiscal Impact: Understanding where taxpayer money goes helps promote transparency and informed discussions on budget priorities.
    - Strategic Alliance: Highlights the depth of the U.S.-Israel relationship and its implications for foreign policy and regional stability.
    - Economic Considerations: Raises questions about the allocation of resources and potential alternative uses for these funds.

๐Ÿ’ญ What Are Your Thoughts?
Do these figures surprise you? Should there be changes in how military aid is allocated? Share your opinions below! Let's engage in a constructive conversation. ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฌ


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๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ: ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 2021. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ: ๐˜œ.๐˜š. ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ (๐˜Š๐˜™๐˜š), ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ (๐˜š๐˜๐˜—๐˜™๐˜), ๐˜œ.๐˜š. ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜–๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ (๐˜Ž๐˜ˆ๐˜–), ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ (๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด), ๐˜œ.๐˜š. ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด (๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜š), ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด (๐˜Š๐˜š๐˜๐˜š), ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด (๐˜Š๐˜๐˜™), ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜œ.๐˜š. ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ, ๐˜™๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜‹ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜บ, ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ (๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ-๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ), ๐˜œ.๐˜š.-๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ (๐˜œ.๐˜š. ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ), ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ (๐˜ˆ๐˜๐˜—๐˜ˆ๐˜Š), ๐˜‘ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ (๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข), ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ (๐˜๐˜”๐˜), ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด, ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ, ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ป, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ-๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด, ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ'๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜บ.

#nostrasia #nostr #bitcoin #US #Israel #palestine #lebanon #iran #war #military #aid 
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 What's also interesting and less biased is to whom else the #US warmongers provide #military assistance grants to benefit US #defense contractors at US #tax livestock's expense!

See table here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid 
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 Absolutely. Thanks for sharing. 
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 What the 
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 Check the rest of papers if interested.  
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 Just last week I realized that most of the foreign "benefits" German government sets abroad cannot be paid by taxes alone. The numbers just don't match up for 2023, at least that's what chatgpt tells me.
It's printed money. 
I mean it's not a bit better. It's still robbery by inflation. 
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 Yes, countries like the U.S. and Germany rely on money printing, which is translated in different means. Itโ€™s about playing around with debt and monetary policy as the fiat lords wish. They donโ€™t just print cash but use tools like quantitative easing and bond issuance to keep everything flowing. Governments run deficits, central banks step in, and liquidity floods the system. Inflation, when managed, helps pay off debt with cheaper money. Itโ€™s not taxes aloneโ€”itโ€™s this whole structure of borrowing, debt monetization, and sometimes mild inflation that allows them to fund massive foreign aid and military spending. This system keeps the machine going, even if the numbers donโ€™t always add up on the surface.