American aid to Israel in perspective

With American aid to Israel having been put on the table as a topic for conversation, David Hazony gives us some perspective on what that aid means and what it meant 25 years ago. In 1985, the year Israel started receiving such high levels of American aid, U.S. taxpayers gave Israel about $3.4 billion in economic and military grants. That year, Israel’s GDP stood at about $24.1 billion in current