POLI 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: William Scranton, James Forrestal, Clark Clifford
18 Nov 2018
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Origins of us israel relations: 1948: pres. Us economic and diplomatic support for israel: since 1985, the us has provided israel with approx. billion in annual aid (mostly militarily), 74% must be spent buying us goods and services: if israel has to spend this much in the us, stimulates us economy and arms manufacturers. Israel the largest recipient of us foreign aid from 1976 to 2004: since 2004 us state building priorities especially in iraq superseded support for. Israel: largest cumulative recipient of aid in the world since wwii (b, us has used its veto at un to sink anti-israel resolutions 42 times, out of 83 times in total that it has used its veto. Afghan rebels who they supported as a way of combatting soviet invasion of. Afghanistan in 1979 which lasted until 1988: osama bin laden emerged as a figure and leader in the context of the.
