ISRAEL'S ANNUAL ANNUITY AID PROGRAM
To believe that the multifarious love affair between the United States and Israel is a noble ideal
and a mutually benevolent affair designed and choreographed to assist a tiny democratic country
surrounded by hostile enemies on all sides is tantamount to believing in the tooth fairy. Their
mutual goals and ambitions in the Middle East are much grander and greater than this often stated and repeated ideal.
The size and content of Israel’s annual annuity aid program, for yet unstated and still unclear
reasons remains unknown and unpublished. It has been estimated to be in the five to six billion
dollar range of economic and military assistance and appropriations. Clearly an annual drain on
the American budget still not properly understood and recognized by tax paying American
citizens who every four years elect a national government to protect and guide their nation. It is
said that an informed electorate is necessary for a vibrant and progressive democracy. Solitary
voices ask “Why, How much, What for, Who says” in the Senate and the Congress. These voices
in the wilderness are quickly deflected and silenced.. The European press often asks these same
questions, as do the Village and Metro newspapers of America. Again no reply from Washington’s Administration.
Israel is a small country, a very small country: in land size, in population and in its economy. In
many ways it can be compared to a host of second and third class countries. Yet , since its birth
in 1948 it has taken on the international status of a nuclear nation, equipped with the world’s finest and latest military knowhow and equipment. It has a national housing, medical and educational
social infrastructure which rivals that of many more mature industrial nations having greater
populations and much greater gross national production. Other than producing a few agricultural
products for export along with a strong diamond cutting industry, Israel has little else to offer to
the world although it now has some small developments in plastics, scientific equipment,
computer programs, and a textile industry. It has very limited natural resources and its tourist
business has been severely hurt by continuing acts of internal civil strife and civilian bombings
and deaths in its major cities. So how did it achieve the international status it now possesses ?
That question can only be answered by the citizens of Great Britain and the United States of
America whose politicians have established and supported the State of Israel and now endow its
existence annually with financial and military assistance and support programs. Ultimately the
question must be answered also by the citizens of the world through their United Nations
representatives.
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