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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
The per capita numbers are very close when compared to the PA? US aid to Palestinians is funnelled primarily through UNRWA and explicitly cuts out the PA most of the time. Also, only a portion of that aid goes to the territories, as UNRWA also gives aid to refugees in neighbouring countries. If you include refugees in neighbouring countries, the per capita numbers are not similar for US aid.
I'm not going to get overly into the mental gymnastics you had to go through to pretend that US military aid to Israel of over 3B per year is a great thing for the US because they get first dibs on Israeli military tech. It's a policy decision, heavily influenced by the exceptionally powerful Israeli lobby in the US, and understandable in that context only; disingenuously making a distinction between humanitarian aid (can use for anything!) and military aid is silly. Israel can spend their savings on the military on anything they like, including subsidizing your average settler family in the West Bank about $10,000 per year.
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Stating facts. There is a big difference between regular foreign aid and military aid.