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U.S. MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL

U.S. MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL. HUMAN, LEGAL, FINANCIAL, & MORAL IMPLICATIONS. OUTLINE. ISRAEL/PALESTINE 101 BACKGROUND ON MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL ARMS TRANSFERS DURING BUSH ADMIN. HUMANITARIAN IMPACT ON PALESTINIANS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER OBAMA ADMIN. U.S. LAWS GOVERNING ARMS TRANSFERS

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U.S. MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL

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  1. U.S. MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL HUMAN, LEGAL, FINANCIAL, & MORAL IMPLICATIONS

  2. OUTLINE • ISRAEL/PALESTINE 101 • BACKGROUND ON MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL • ARMS TRANSFERS DURING BUSH ADMIN. • HUMANITARIAN IMPACT ON PALESTINIANS • DEVELOPMENTS UNDER OBAMA ADMIN. • U.S. LAWS GOVERNING ARMS TRANSFERS • MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL FROM PHILADELPHIA • WHAT CAN WE DO?/NEXT STEPS FOR ACTION

  3. ISRAEL/PALESTINE 101

  4. U.S. AID TO ISRAEL • 1949-2010, $109 billion total U.S. aid to Israel, according to CRS • FY1999-2008 MOU phased out economic, increased military aid • FY2009-2018 MOU increases military aid to $30 billion (average 25% yearly increase) Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns Signs MOU with Israel, Aug. 2007

  5. ARMS TO ISRAEL: BUSH Foreign Military Sales (FMS):$25,203,000,000 Direct Commercial Sales (DCS):$6,161,109,945 Excess Defense Articles (EDA):$36,048,510 Total: $31,400,158,455 Jebalya Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip after September-October 2004 attack by Israel.

  6. IMPACT ON PALESTINIANS From Jan. 2001-Nov. 2008, Israel killed 2,086 Palestinian civilians not taking part in hostilities, of whom 723 were children under 18. Data taken from B’tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories.

  7. IMPACT ON PALESTINIANS

  8. GAZA: DEC.’08-JAN.’09 1,387 Palestinians killed* 773 civilians* 248 civilian police* 36 undetermined(Source: B’Tselem, Sept. 2009) More than 5,500 Palestinians injured 4,000 buildings destroyed, $2 billion in damage to civilian infrastructure

  9. GAZA: DEC.’08-JAN.’09 U.S. Weapons Used by Israel F-16 and Apache helicopter gunships: more than $300 million in spare parts (2001-2006) JP-8 Aviation Jet Fuel:186 million gallons in July 2008 Naval combat ships: $1.9 billion in littoral combat ships in July 2008 TOW, Hellfire, “bunker buster missiles”: $1.3 billion deal with Raytheon in October 2007 GBU-39 small diameter bombs:$77 million deal with Boeing in Sep. 2008 Tanks, APCs, Vehicles, Night-Vision Goggles: $450 million since 2001 M825A1155mm white phosphorous shells

  10. CHANGE UNDER OBAMA? * Delivery of more than 300 containers of weapons to Israel, Mar. 2009 * FY2010 budget of $2.775 billion in military aid to Israel, Apr. 2009 * FY2011 budget request of $3 billion in military aid to Israel, Jan. 2010 * FY2012 anticipated budget request of $3.075 billion in military aid to Israel, early 2011 Netanyahu, Obama, Abbas in New York, September 2009

  11. CHANGE UNDER OBAMA? Since President Obama took office in January 2009, Israel has killed 42 Palestinian civilians not taking part in hostilities, of whom 12 were children under 18. Data taken from B’tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Netanyahu, Obama, Abbas in New York, September 2009

  12. U.S. WEAPONS LAWS Arms Export Control Act (P.L.80-829): Weapons are limited to “internal security” and “legitimate self-defense” only. Foreign Assistance Act (P.L.97-195): “No assistance may be provided…to the government of any country which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.” “Leahy Law”: No aid to “any unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of human rights.”

  13. PHILADELPHIA’S SHARE FY2009-2018: $209,388,139.78 Affordable housing: 2,542 Green jobs training: 3,476 Early reading: 6,191 Health care: 169,573 How Much Aid to Israel?

  14. GET INVOLVED!

  15. PO Box 21539 | Washington, DC | 20009 | 202-332-0994 | www.endtheoccupation.org

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