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US aid to Israel violates US laws

US aid to Israel, and the way in which this aid is used, frequently violates US law, policy and interests. - Under US policy, financial aid to Israel should not be spent by Israel in the Occupied Territories. But Israel spends US aid with impunity. - The US has a number of laws regulating foreign military aid and weapons’ exports. The 1961 Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) states that “No assistance [ought to be given] to countries that violate human rights”. But Israel systematically violates human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Israel  has exported US military technology to China against the interests of the US. Military equipment is one of Israel’s most important export products, with a net estimated value of $4.4 billion in 2006.


For China, Israel is a backdoor to access advanced western military technology. For example, in 1996 Israel exported the US Airborne Early Warning (AEW) system to China and in 2005 attempted to sell China the Harpy Killer anti-radar system. 

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Now is the time to speak out and demand that money get spent on poor Americans not for the blood of Palestinians! -


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