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Date Posted: 17:09:32 06/26/02 Wed
Author: Sudie
Subject: Oops, Must Make A Correction!!
In reply to: Sudie 's message, "Bush Failure on Middle East: "Rank" Hypocrisy!" on 21:56:56 06/25/02 Tue


A correction should be made to the "$628,000,000 per hour per day" figure in previous post. It should be $628,000 per hour, $15,000,000 per day (that is $628 thousand per hour, $15 million per day!).

The figures below are taken from documentary film, "People and The Land," produced in 1997 by Tom Hayes and Riad Bahhur, Foglight films, funding provided for the documentary by PBS.

I highly recommend this video, especially for activists who want to hold a "teach in" to inform others of the facts. It can be purchased at:
http://www.whtt.org/bookstor.htm

U.S. taxpayers paid---

$5.5 billion in grants and loans to Israel in 1996
$15,000,000 per day (that's 15 million dollars per day!)
$628,000 per hour ($628 thousand dollars per hour!)

(These figures are greater today)
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http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm

Most Americans are not aware how much of their tax revenue our government sends to Israel. For the fiscal year ending in September 30, 1997, the U.S. has given Israel $6.72 billion: $6.194 billion falls under Israel's foreign aid allotment and $526 million comes from agencies such as the Department 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.
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All other facts are easily corroborated at Electronic Intifada web site (great web site if you don't already have it bookmarked.)
http://electronicintifada.net/new.html

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