[Peace-discuss] Which lobby rules?
C. G. Estabrook
galliher at illinois.edu
Sat Mar 27 15:21:04 CDT 2010
"Here’s how Democracy works: We give them U.S.-taxpayer money in the form of
'aid.' They use the 'aid' to purchase goods from American merchants of death.
And the politicians and media babble about whether Netanyahu insulted Biden."
(Norman Finkelstein)
Despite row, U.S. and Israel sign massive arms deal
03.26.2010 | Haaretz
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington this week absorbing the
full wrath of the Obama administration, the Pentagon and Israel’s defense
establishment were in the process of sealing a large arms deal.
According to the deal, Israel will purchase three new Hercules C-130J airplanes.
The deal for the three aircrafts, designed by Lockheed Martin, is worth roughly
a quarter billion dollars. Each aircraft costs $70 million.
The aircrafts were manufactured specifically for Israeli needs, and include a
large number of systems produced by Israel’s defense industry.
The deal will be covered by American foreign assistance funds. The Pentagon will
issue a formal announcement on the matter on Thursday evening.
America and Israel have still not reached an agreement regarding the purchase of
the Lockheed F-35 war plane. It is still not clear when that deal, which is
estimated to be worth more than $3 billion, will finally be sealed and carried out.
If that deal is signed in the near future, Israel will likely receive its first
F-35 in 2014.
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