Linkerbaan, 2 months ago

Military aid to Israel is a defacto rebate for all the stuff they buy and a subsidy for the US defense industry.

Israel (and only israel) actually has a special exception where they don’t have to spend all the money on American weapons. and they can bolster it into their own weapons industry. So it’s actually the opposite of what you just said.

All countries are required to spend their FMF funds in the United States - with the notable exception of Israel

edit: the previous article was from 2002, here’s one from not 22 years ago

Israel has also historically been permitted to use a portion of its FMF aid to buy equipment from Israeli defense firms—a benefit not granted to other recipients of U.S. military aid