Anonymous #1 3w

exactly… the us money given to Israel allows them to save billions of dollars on defense spending… which they can use towards healthcare and education. come on bruh think for a minute

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Anonymous #2 3w

atp if they didn’t buy them from us they’d just make them themselves and then sell them to us so not really

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Anonymous #1 3w

healthcare specifically is funded mostly by monthly premiums that israelis pay

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Anonymous #1 3w

brother. making weapons costs money in labor and materials. the us is a military industrial complex and has advanced weaponry/access to the factors of production. it’s cheaper for them to buy it from us. so they do. and we subsidize that. which leaves israel with more money to spend on healthcare. again, think for a minute dawg

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Anonymous #2 3w

not anymore. israel’s economy is big enough that they could manufacture things themselves. in fact, netanyahu is currently trying to convince trump to gradually lower military aid to zero so he can do exactly that

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Anonymous #1 3w

last year, the axios reporting detailed that israel was seeking another 20 year MOU (contract). their economy is doing well, i agree. but, if israel is going to continue with the genocide/war, then they’d have to counter sanctions (which the us cushioned the blow for) and defense demand. there was an article put out by the INSS in 2020 that basically said the risks were higher than the rewards, so i’m not sure exactly what’ll happen now. we’d still have an interdependent agreement

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Anonymous #2 3w

basically what bibi wants is to get israel into a position where the us has less leverage over it. he wants to transition to an equal partnership that is based on reciprocal trade and cooperation rather than aid

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Anonymous #1 3w

he wants the next MOU to basically gradually reduce aid so israel can slowly scale up its own manufacturing and by the end they wouldn’t need another one. and tbh i think things from 2020 aren’t really relevant to israeli politics anymore because the country changed so dramatically in so many ways after oct 7. they have much more interest in being self sufficient now

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Anonymous #2 3w

The six research findings were: it would be hard for israel to ever have the framework and supply matching what they get from us aid, lose their military edge in the region, lose their international influence and protection, they would have to cut domestic budgets (esp for defense, even w a good economy), domestic supply relies too much on economic optimism (economy still average among similar nations), and loss of mutual interests and actions w us.

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Anonymous #1 3w

you’re soooo close to getting it. israel is going to act like they won’t need the funding because the involvement under the trump administration has dramatically shifted the amount of success they have had in the genocide and initiating/executing the war. the current MOU is set to expire in 2028, Netanyahu is gambling on the fact that he’ll be done and still and power by then.

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Anonymous #2 3w

the reality of the matter is we’re still funding them for another few years, though. Trump obviously has no plans on slowing down. Neither does Netanyahu. Depending on how long the conflict goes on and what happens in US politics in the coming years, it’s possible we’d still have an MOU renewal

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Anonymous #2 3w

… so no, for many many reasons

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Anonymous #1 3w

okay whatever dawg im going 2 bed ‼️

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