U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu © Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
Eli Lake, Bloomberg: Obama Wants to Stop Subsidizing Israel's Defense Industry
If you want to understand just how special the U.S.-Israel relationship really is, look no further than the annual aid package. Israel is not only the greatest beneficiary of U.S. defense assistance, but also the only one allowed to spend a portion of that assistance on weapons and equipment from its own industry. Everyone else has to buy American.
President Barack Obama is now looking to end this U.S. subsidy of Israel's defense sector, according to U.S. and Israeli officials. They say the "offshore procurement" provision, unique to Israel's aid package, is one of the last obstacles to completing an agreement to extend aid until 2029. Obama would like to phase out the agreement that allows Israel to spend 26 percent of U.S. annual aid at home. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, so far, disagrees.
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WNU Editor: Why should the U.S. spend taxpayers money supporting another country's defense industry that is in direct competition with U.S. defense manufacturers .... it just boggles the mind .... but this practice has been ongoing for years.
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