A majority of Americans would redirect $38 billion the Obama Administration recently pledged to Israel toward other priorities. A federal lawsuit aims to help them.
On September 14 the Obama administration signed an executive agreement pledging $3.8 billion in annual foreign aid to Israel for fiscal years 2019-2028. The funds are earmarked for jet fighters, other U.S. weapons and developing Israel’s missile defense systems.
An IRmep poll fielded by Google Consumer Surveys reveals 80.8 percent of the U.S. adult Internet user population would redirect the proposed spending to other priorities. Caring for veterans (20.7 percent) was their top priority, followed by education spending (20.1 percent) and paying down the national debt (19.3 percent). Rebuilding U.S. infrastructure was favored by 14.9 percent, while funding a Middle East peace plan received 5.8 percent of support.
Only 16.8 percent of Americans said the $38 billion should be spent on Israel. More