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I haven't confirmed the numbers, but I saw an estimate of 75% of Israeli military funding came from foreign aid (primarily the US) and those numbers did not include the US sitting in the Mediterranean with ships intercepting rockets.

If they had to cut down their military to 25% they would collapse from outside attacks. Israel would probably figure out the funding so it wouldn't drop by that much though.



If you think it is important to your position, I recommend you look into confirming those numbers.

Israel is spending around 30 Billion/yr now US is currently giving them about 18 Billion/yr US historically gave them about 4 Billion/yr

US spending during the war is about 75% as much as internal spending, not 75% of the total.

If US turned off the money tap, Israel would go from winning several wars at once to having to pick its fights.


Thanks for the clarification on the numbers. I will take a look into them more.




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