In Israel, American aid has allowed foreign diplomats to meddle in Israeli politics and to influence the decisions of our democratically elected leaders. Foreign aid allows western governments to impose conditions on the recipient countries in exchange for the funding, which ultimately only increases the dependency and helplessness of the recipient nation. Like in much of the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, an influx of Dollars and Euros often allows for easy exploitation masked behind a humanitarian facade. Israel doesn’t gain any financial benefit from American aid.Īnd one thing is clear – this is not freedom. And similar to the situation in other developing countries, the aid we receive empowers Israel’s ruling class while stagnating our economy, keeping the proletariat impoverished and forcing the country into debt. US aid to Israel is essentially an American government subsidy to its own arms industry. Over 70% of American aid received by Israel must be spent in the United States. We are countries whose economies have been distorted by imperialism, which has abnormally developed those branches of industry or agriculture needed to complement its complex economy.” – Ché Guevara “We, politely referred to as ‘underdeveloped’, in truth, are colonial, semi-colonial or dependent countries.
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