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Date d'envoi�:	lundi 13 octobre 1997 07:11
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Objet�:	US Aid To Israel:  What US Taxpayers Should Know

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U.S. AID TO ISRAEL: WHAT U.S. TAXPAYERS SHOULD KNOW
Oct. 7, 1997
by Tom Malthaner

This morning as I was walking down Shuhada Street, I saw graffiti
marking the newly painted storefronts and awnings.  Although three
months past schedule and 100% over budget, the renovation of Shuhada
Street was finally completed this week.  The project manager said the
reason for the delay and cost overruns was the sabotage of the project
by the Israeli settlers of the Beit Hadassah settlement complex in
Hebron. They broke the street lights, stoned project workers, shot out
the windows of bulldozers and other heavy  equipment with pellet guns,
broke paving stones before they were laid and now have defaced again
the homes and shops of Palestinians with graffiti.  The settlers did
not want Shuhada St. opened to Palestinian traffic as was agreed to
under Oslo 2. This renovation project is paid for by USAID funds and
it makes me angry  that my tax dollars have paid for improvements that
have been destroyed by the settlers.

Most Americans are not aware how much of their tax revenue our
government sends to Israel.  For the fiscal year ending in Sept. 30,
1997, the U.S. has given Israel 6.72 billion dollars.  6.194 billion
falls under Israel's foreign aid allotment and 526 million comes from
agencies such as the Dept. of Commerce, the U.S. Information Agency
and the Pentagon.  The 6.72 billion figure does not include loan
guarantees and annual compound interest totalling 3.122 billion the
U.S. pays on money borrowed to give to Israel.  It does not include
the cost to U.S. taxpayers of IRS tax exemptions that donors can claim
when they donate money  to Israeli charities. (Donors claim
approximately 1 billion in Federal tax deductions annually.  This
ultimately costs other U.S. tax payers 280-390 million.)

When grant, loans, interest and tax deductions are added together for
the fiscal year ending in Sept. 30, 1997, our special relationship
with Israel cost U.S. taxpayers over 10 billion dollars.

Since 1949 the U.S. has given Israel a total of 83,205 BILLION
dollars.  The interest costs borne by U.S. tax payers on behalf of
Israel are 49,937 BILLION dollars, thus making the total amount of aid
given to Israel since 1949 133,132 BILLION dollars.  This may mean
that U.S. government has given more federal aid to the average Israeli
 citizen in a given year than it has given to the average American
citizen.

I am angry when I see Israeli settlers from Hebron destroy
improvements made to Shuhada Street with my tax money.   Also, it
angers me that my government is giving over 10 billion to a country
that is more prosperous than most of the other countries in the world
and uses much of its money  for strengthening its military and the
oppression of the Palestinian people.

The figures given in this piece are from Richard Curtiss's "U.S. Aid
to Israel: The Subject No One Mentions,"  The Link, vol. 30, issue 4,
Sept-Oct, 1997.


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