The numbers behind U.S. military aid to Israel

The numbers behind U.S. military aid to Israel
The numbers behind U.S. military aid to Israel

The numbers behind U.S. military aid to Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Obama on Monday and a big item on the agenda was a discussion about a new ten year military package for Israel. It’s been reported that Israel would ask for an increase in aid, from 3 billion to 5 billion. We’ll take a look at how military aid has been spent until now with William Hartung. He is the director of the Arms & Security Project at the Center for International Policy and author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex. (Photo: Flickr/Israeli Defense Forces)