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How much military aid does the US give to Israel? [1]

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Date: 2023-10

The United States approved over $3.8 billion in foreign assistance to Israel in 2019, the most recent year of complete data. About $8.5 million of that aid went towards the economy, and the remainder went to the Israeli military. This is part of the 10-year, $38 billion Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2016. It is the third agreement of its kind, following two signed during the George W. Bush and Clinton administrations. The agreement supports updating the Israeli aircraft fleet and maintaining the country's missile defense system. The deal provides $500 million in missile defense funding and $3.3 billion in other military funding per year from 2019 to 2028.

The United States has granted between $46 billion and $57 billion in inflation-adjusted foreign aid to countries and organizations worldwide annually since 2010. Due to reporting constraints, these figures exclude missile defense funding from the Defense Department like the funds granted to Israel. In 2019, the $47.2 billion approved in aid accounted for just over 1% of total federal spending.

Israel’s $3.3 billion was the second largest amount of aid in 2019 after Afghanistan, which received $4.9 billion. The two countries received 7% and 10%, respectively, of all foreign aid granted that year. Around $14.1 billion of worldwide assistance was for military purposes, 23% of which went to Israel and 26% to Afghanistan.

Israel cumulatively received $243.9 billion in inflation-adjusted US foreign assistance between 1946 and 2019, making it largest recipient of American foreign aid since World War II.

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