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Focusing on historical as well as contemporary US foreign aid policies towards Israel, the paper examines the primary motivations behind the allocation of economic assistance from the United States (US) to Israel. The study explores that beginning with a modest amount in the early 1950s, US economic aid to Israel increased substantially in the late 1960s and 70s. Factors such as the Arab-Israeli Wars of 1967 and 1973 and victories of Israel as significant stimuli for US foreign aid to Israel are examined. The paper argues that if given purely for humanitarian and poverty concerns, Israel was not even eligible for US assistance. This is due to the fact that based on several development indicators such as life expectancy at birth and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, Israel is among the richest countries of the world. Despite this, Israel has remained one of the largest recipients of US economic aid over time. The analysis of US foreign aid to Israel indicates that to be eligible for US assistance, a country needs not to be really very poor or in need of foreign assistance. Rather, if a country is even among the richest in the world but has got security and geostrategic significance for the US, it is likely to attract more US economic aid on account of these attributes.
Dr. Murad Ali,. (2013) Aid for Development or Foreign Policy: Objectives behind US Foreign Aid Allocations to Israel , The Dialogue, Volume 8, Issue 4.
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