Israelis don't pay for the weapons we 'sell' to them — US taxpayers do

US Taxpayers Are Funding the Gift Card Israel Uses to Buy US Weapons

When the US "sells" weapons to Israel, often they are purchased through Foreign Military Financing, which is ultimately paid for by US taxpayers.

Israelis don't pay for the weapons we 'sell' to them — US taxpayers do

The Trump administration expects U.S. taxpayers to fund not only its own military adventurism but Israel’s as well.Ending American subsidies for Israel’s wars is one reason why Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently filed Joint Resolutions of Disapproval opposing $659 million in President Donald Trump-approved bomb sales to Israel, with many of the bombs coming directly …