Give more money to Israel?

Israel is a rich nation, with a gross domestic product around $50,000 per capita (more than Canada or Germany). So, why should the US further fund Israel to the tune of $3.3 billion annually (with money we must borrow)? 

This makes no sense, except that the Jewish lobby is very strong in America. Now following the October 7 horrible attack by Hamas that killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, with 250 others taken hostage, Israel has launched a retaliatory war that has now killed more than 30,000 people, mostly women and children, and has destroyed more than 70% of Gaza’s housing. 

Talk about over doing it. Today, seemingly to encourage bad behavior, our government wants to double down by offering a special $14.3 billion funding for Israel. Of that huge amount of money, $10.6 billion would go for assistance through the Defense Department, including air and missile defense support, industrial base investments and replenishment of US stocks being drawn down to support Israel. 

The aid aims to bolster Israel’s air and missile defense system readiness and support its procurement of Iron Dome and David’s Sling missile defense systems and components, as well as the development of the Iron Beam ($1.2 billion).

Then there’s $3.7 billion for the State Department to strengthen Israel’s military and enhance US Embassy security. This money, along with a $65 billion Ukraine badly needs is currently blocked in the US Congress, but unlike the Ukraine funding hasn’t been criticized, when it will in fact got to fund Netanyahu’s genocide of all Palestinians and encourage the ongoing construction of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, which, despite being illegal under international law, continue to expand. 

This makes absolutely no sense and obviously most people don’t care or have lost their sense of judgment.