Tossing Fuel on a Fire: US Military Aid to Israel Tops $30 BillionDave Lindorff
The Heritage Foundation’s recent call to slowly phase out military aid to Israel as part of a strategy to “reorient” America’s relationship “with Israel to an equal strategic partnership over the next two decades” has caused much controversy. The Israeli ambassador to the US and the Hous...
The U.S. military has occasionally pushed for its senior officers to become less parochial, perhaps by learning a foreign language, but to my knowledge proposals to that effect have never gained much traction. The U.S. military says it values education, but education often becomes a box-check...
Both Israel and Hezbollah agreed to pull their forces out of southern Lebanon before the end of January, with compliance to be overseen by the Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers. “U.S. security assistance to the LAF increases its capacity as the country’s only l...
The United States has boosted military aid to Israel. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the increase points to growing American concerns over the burgeoning power of Iran. Nicholas Burns, center, Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer, left, and Aharon Abramovitz during a ne...
"Frankly, if the war were to stop today, (Hamas) it would continue to pose (a threat) which is why we are not in a place yet of asking Israel to stop or to force ceasefire," Finer said. The United States believes that there are many "legitimate military ...
that after its military prosecutors determined two soldiers connected to the unit should be penalized, they were removed from combat positions, have since left the military and are now ineligible to serve in the reserves. Additionally, the official said that Israel told the U.S. the IDF...
DEPENDING on where you stand, the Gulf war has either confirmed or undermined the notion that...
The attack on Israel is an attempt by the group to show that they can continue to target Israel, even under the watchful eyes of the US.
policy of ensuring Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge (QME). This legally mandated policy, in place since 2008, guarantees Israel a technological and strategic advantage over its neighbors. However, this approach has strained relations with key regional allies such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and th...