With 10% of the United States population being , Jewish why is it that our nation sends more dollars to Israel

Question

We send more money to Israel than any other country in the world. Why is that we so sooo relentless for our support of a nation that 90% of us cood care less about?

Answer 1

Israel is a democratic country, friendly relations with the USA, and the only good connection they have in the Middle East. Israel is needed by all of the western world, plus the people of Israel are good kind people.

Answer 2

10%? There are 6 millions Jews out of a population of 300 million... That's 2%.

Israel is a strategic asset to the United States, and a sole democracy in the middle east. And btw, don't fool yourself and think that the U.S. doesn't make out of supporting Israel. Supporting Israel provides the U.S. with many jobs in military related fields.

Answer 3

There are about 5.2 to 5.5 million Jews in the USA. The population of the USA is about 280 million (I'm off a bit there).

That's between 1-2%.

One wonders why you don't ask the same question about Egypt, which is the 2nd largest recipient of American foreign aid. After all, one can argue that since Israel is a democracy, economically prosperous, and pro American it makes more sense than Egypt which is either none or less so. Also, one can also argue that according to your irrelevant criteria (the criteria of what Americans "care about") Americans care far less about Egypt than they do about Israel.

Answer 4

First of all Egypt and Israel get the same amount of money (we have a treaty that requires this).

Second of all the Jewish population of the US is ~2 to 3%.

Finally. We have a problem with the Palestinians committing genocide.

Answer 5

What 10%? I've always heard that the Jewish population in America was around 3%.

I think the money has to do with a "peace deal" we negotiated between Begin and Sadat back in the 70's. Since peace doesn't seem to be ongoing, perhaps it is worth reconsidering that.

Answer 6

I am not Jewish and I care about the only stable democracy in the middle east. Israel is the only government in the middle east governed by a government that rules with the consent of the people. That is why I care about Israel.

Answer 7

Last time we didn't care about the Jews, we had to fight a world war. Check your facts we send more money, to Africa, and other humanitarian causes then we do Israel.

Answer 8

I'm not jewish and I support Israel 100%.


tmcs1959 great answer!

Answer 9

Sadat was Egyptian, and yes Israel and Egypt have peace.

Answer 10

Genesis 12:3 -- (New International Version)

3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
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Galatians 3:14 (Amplified Bible)

14To the end that through [their receiving] Christ Jesus, the blessing [promised] to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might [all] receive [the realization of] the promise of the [Holy] Spirit.

Galatians 3:14 (New Living Translation)
14 Through the work of Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, and we Christians receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.

Galatians 3:14 (New American Standard Bible)
14in order that (A) in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we (B) would receive (C) the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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A Historical Commitment to Israel
The recognition of shared values has been a consistent theme in statements by American Presidents ever since Truman. John Kennedy, for example, declared: "This nation, from the time of President Woodrow Wilson, has established and continued a tradition of friendship with Israel because we are committed to all free societies that seek a path to peace and honor individual right. In the prophetic spirit of Zionism all free men today look to a better world and in the experience of Zionism we know that it takes courage and perseverance and dedication to achieve it."

"The United States and Israel share many common objectives...chief of which is the building of a better world in which every nation can develop its resources and develop them in freedom and peace," said Lyndon Johnson.

The roots of Johnson's feelings, like those of many other Americans came from the Bible. As he explained in a speech before B'nai B'rith: "Most if not all of you have very deep ties with the land and with the people of Israel, as I do, for my Christian faith sprang from yours." The President explained that "the Bible stories are woven into my childhood memories as the gallant struggle of modern Jews to be free of persecution is also woven into our souls."

Richard Nixon asserted that the United States stands by its friends and that "Israel is one of its friends." His successor, Gerald Ford, reaffirmed his "commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage."

"The United States," Jimmy Carter said, "has a warm and a unique relationship of friendship with Israel that is morally right. It is compatible with our deepest religious convictions, and it is right in terms of America's own strategic interests. We are committed to Israel's security, prosperity, and future as a land that has so much to offer the world."

Ronald Reagan was the first President to state explicitly that Israel was a strategic asset to the United States, a belief he expressed even before he was elected: "Only by full appreciation of the critical role the State of Israel plays in our strategic calculus can we build the foundation for thwarting Moscow's designs on territories and resources vital to our security and our national well-being." But Reagan also understood this alliance sprang from shared values: "Since the rebirth of the State of Israel, there has been an ironclad bond between that democracy and this one."

Shortly after taking office, George Bush said: "The friendship, the alliance between the United States and Israel is strong and solid, built upon a foundation of shared democratic values, of shared history and heritage, that sustains the life of our two countries. The emotional bond of our people transcends politics. Our strategic cooperation—and I renew today our determination that that go forward—is a source of mutual security. And the United States’ commitment to the security of Israel remains unshakeable. We may differ over some policies from time to time, individual policies, but never over the principle."

President Bill Clinton has taken the relationship to another level during his administration. "Our relationship would never vary from its allegiance to the shared values, the shared religious heritage, the shared democratic politics which have made the relationship between the United States and Israel a special—even on occasion a wonderful—relationship."

The Jewish population in the United States is less than six million; therefore, the political activity of Jews who view strengthening U.S.-Israel relations to be in the national interest alone cannot explain the depth of the friendship that exists. Fewer than 3 percent of the population could hardly have such a dramatic influence on American foreign policy. The U.S.-Israel alliance is rooted in shared values.

If one were forced to reduce the explanation for the unique relationship between the United States and Israel to one sentence, it was probably best expressed by Lyndon Johnson. When Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin asked Johnson why the United States supports Israel when there are 80 million Arabs and only three million Israelis, the President replied simply: "Because it is right."