• @jordanlundM
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    17 hours ago

    Would you accept Netanyahu?

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/netanyahu-says-israel-will-stand-alone-if-it-has-to-after-u-s-threatens-halt-in-weapons-delivery

    No? How about “Jerome M. Segal, retired as a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy; he is president of the Jewish Peace Lobby.”

    https://archive.ph/AbSMT

    "Israel’s per capita gross domestic product is over $40,000 — similar to that of France and Great Britain. We have defense commitments to them, but we don’t give them any military aid. To Israel, we provide around $1,700 a year for every Israeli family.

    Israel has a vibrant economy that typically grows at over 3% a year. It’s GDP is over $400 billion, with U.S. aid only 1% of its economy. If we gave no assistance at all, just the amount of the annual expansion of its economy would cover the lost aid several times over. This aid program fails the needs test."

      • @jordanlundM
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        27 hours ago

        Can’t refute the point? Of course not, because it’s plain fact.

        • @[email protected]OP
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          6 hours ago

          I don’t know what to say. I’m giving you academic consensus from within Israel, and you respond with Netanyahu

          • @jordanlundM
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            16 hours ago

            And an economics expert. Missed that did you?

            • @[email protected]OP
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              24 hours ago

              The econ professor is suggesting cutting off aid to encourage settlers to back off, and giving the money to Palestinian refugees. It’s a bit tongue in cheek.

              You’re not going to find a serious person who thinks Israel can survive without a world power behind it.