The common figure given for U.S. aid to Israel is $3 billion per year—$1.2 billion in economic aid and $1.8 billion in military aid.
As impressive as this figure is, however, since it represents one-sixth of total U.S. foreign aid, the true figure is even more remarkable. It is difficult, however, to arrive at an exact number.
Much of the money the U.S. gives Israel is buried in the budgets of other government agencies, primarily the Defense Department (DOD).
Unquestionably, Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. aid since World War II.
Last year the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs estimated total aid to Israel through FY 2000 at $91.82 billion.
[Congress Watch]
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