"U.S. Involvement;"

How does the U.S. support Israel?

Most American think that our aid goes to poor countries when in reality most of our money goes to Israel, one of the most richest countries in the world. Most of our money goes to their financial, military, and diplomacy. 1.8 million dollars go to millitary,1.2 million go to economic aid, and 1 million goes to grants in millitary supplies. Israel recieve lots of money as you can see, and 25% of that money goes to wepons that we provide them with. Israel in the only country allowed to spend part of it's money on military funds. They have access to the most advanced weapons systems in the world with assistance from the U.S tax payer. The U.S alone protects Israel in the UN and other international arenas and keeps it from being help accountable for its violations of international law.


Why was the Bush administration so much less involved in Israel Palestine diplomacy?

In the first 10 month of 2001 before september 11th, the Bush administration adopted a policy of keeping up the high levels of aid to and dipolomatic protection of Israel while keeping their heads down and hands off peace talks. We can see that this was all about the oil industry which is very rich in the middle east, especially Arab states. The oil and stability of the middle east policy were primary at 1st although they were soon outweighed by the noise of the Christian fundamentalists whose support for Israel were unequivocal. All the Bush administration wanted was the oil, and the president was going to try to get this by not talking to the Arab states he was taking from. You could almost say he was trying to slip by them, without them noticing.


What has the George Bush administration middle east policy been all about?

Immediately after the September 11th attack the Bush administration appeared to distance itself from Israel. Bush's need to maintain Arab and Islamic government's support the war of terror in Iraq. Although the economic and strategic backing of Israel remained quietly unchanged , Arab governments from Egypt and Jordan to Saudi Arabia and beyond, already facing severe crisis of tegitimacy might do as they were told by the Bush administration, but they would pay a very high price. All of this work to get the Arab countries on his side is for the countries to support him in the war for terror which is really the rich oil in the middle east.