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My understanding is most the aid given to Israel is spent on American military equipment. Israel is ok with it because they get free military equipment, and the US likes it because it funnels aid money to the military.



The US also likes the live testbed for anti-insurgency tech.


Defense contractors, surely, not the US military?


> Defense contractors, surely, not the US military?

Both. We get allied assets in the region. We also get purchasing volume for military hardware, which feeds R&D budgets for things we want.




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