Israel is by far the largest recipient of foreign aid from the United States. The United States government gives the State of Israel over $4.5 billion each year, which amounts to $14 million a day, out of our tax money. Israel receives more foreign aid than the entire continent of Africa, although its citizens (but not the residents of the Occupied Palestinian Territories) have a higher standard of living than those of many European countries.

Nearly all of this money is spent on military equipment, much of it purchased from U.S. weapons manufacturers like Lockheed and Boeing. Our bombs and planes are used to suppress the human rights of the Palestinian people, expropriate their land, and enforce discrimination against Arab citizens of Israel, who make up 20% of the population but do not enjoy equal rights with Jewish citizens.

When Israel invaded Lebanon last summer, the United States sent a special shipment of cluster bombs, which Israel used in violation of international law. An Israeli Air Force commander reported, "We covered entire towns in cluster bombs ... It was insane and monstrous."