The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around the Middle East.

The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around the Middle East, according to a report for Brown University’s Costs of War project, released on the anniversary of Hamas’ attacks on Israel.

An additional $4.86 billion has gone into stepped-up U.S. military operations in the region since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, researchers said in findings first provided to The Associated Press. That includes the costs of a Navy-led campaign to quell strikes on commercial shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, who are carrying them out in solidarity with the fellow Iranian-backed group Hamas.

The report — completed before Israel opened a second front, this one against Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, in late September — is one of the first tallies of estimated U.S. costs as the Biden administration backs Israel in its conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon and seeks to contain hostilities by Iran-allied armed groups in the region.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    3 months ago

    I do care about Palestinian genocide as we are funding that and id like that to stop.

    It’s a simple concept, take care of your citizens before sending off your children and money to some random country.

    So the only reason you care about the Palestinian genocide is money? Well, I have good news for you, then, as foreign aid, even Israeli foreign aid, is an incredibly small part of the US national budget. You can rest easy in that there’s one more genocide available for you to play apologist for with a ‘clean’ conscience!

    • basmatii@lemm.eeEnglish
      25·
      3 months ago

      You really had to twist all sorts of ways for that interpretation.

      My money was s going to commit genocide, I do not want to commit or aide in commiting genocide, therefore in your mind, it’s about the money in that case.

      It’s truly fascinating how you people think.

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        3 months ago

        My money was s going to commit genocide, I do not want to commit or aide in commiting genocide, therefore in your mind, it’s about the money in that case.

        It’s a simple concept, take care of your citizens before sending off your children and money to some random country.

        This you?

        You’re not very good at pretending to be a Very Concerned Citizen™

        • basmatii@lemm.eeEnglish
          25·
          3 months ago

          Yes, now reread it in context. I do not want to send money to your shitty country to stop a genocide we had nothing to do with. I want to stop sending money to a country that is committing genocide with said money so I am no longer responsible for aiding said genocide.

          These are not contradictory statements, child.

          • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            42·
            3 months ago

            Yes, now reread it in context. I do not want to send money to your shitty country to stop a genocide we had nothing to do with. I want to stop sending money to a country that is committing genocide with said money so I am no longer responsible for aiding said genocide.

            Yes, I got that you’re fine with genocide and only care about sending money, you already made that perfectly clear. You don’t have to repeat yourself.

              • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                42·
                3 months ago

                I’m not fine with genocide, I simply have no more capacity to care about yours.

                Yes, you don’t care about genocide, we all got it, you’ve been very clear.

                  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    42·
                    3 months ago

                    Now stop begging my country to ignore it’s own problems for yours.

                    Don’t really know what country I’m begging to care about the US’s problems, but you have fun with, uh, whatever weird pro-genocide position you got going on there.