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Ukraine Gets Defense Boost from Israel
Newsweek ^
| 2/28/2024
| Brendan Cole
Posted on 02/28/2024 5:10:47 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Israel will provide Ukraine with an early warning system against missiles as part of an aid package for Kyiv, as it condemned aggression from Russia
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, told the General Assembly on Monday that his country had provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine since the start of Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion because it was "the moral thing to do."
Comparing Russia's actions in Ukraine to the militant Hamas group's attacks on Israel on October 7, Erdan said his country knows "exactly how it feels to be aggressively invaded, (and) to have our towns and cities attacked" as he took aim at the "paralyzed" UN for not condemning the massacre that preceded the war in Gaza.
"Both of our countries—Ukraine and Israel—are fighting a battle for our survival," Erdan said, as he touted 100 million tons of humanitarian aid Israel provided to Kyiv in the early weeks of the war.
"The state of Israel will always remain committed to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity," he said, telling the assembly that his country was "working to provide Ukraine with early warning systems to save civilian lives from Russia's indiscriminate missile and drone attacks."
He added that Russia would be hosting a Hamas delegation in Moscow, making "it one of the only places outside of the Middle East where Hamas terrorists and Houthi Jihadists are given the red-carpet treatment, even after October 7."
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He added that Russia would be hosting a Hamas delegation in Moscow, making "it one of the only places outside of the Middle East where Hamas terrorists and Houthi Jihadists are given the red-carpet treatment, even after October 7."
To: marcusmaximus
Brendan Cole appears to be a mental case
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posted on
02/28/2024 5:13:56 AM PST
by
JonPreston
( ✌ ☮️ )
To: JonPreston
What a pig you are, posting that diarrhea in an attempt to hide the fact that Israel knows your scumbag hero Putin is behind Hamas.
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posted on
02/28/2024 5:16:48 AM PST
by
Williams
(Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
To: marcusmaximus
But we have morons here who cheer Russian domination of Europe.
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posted on
02/28/2024 5:17:56 AM PST
by
Williams
(Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
To: JonPreston
Tell Russia to cancel their Moscow terror summit with Hamas this week.
To: Williams
What a pig you are.... your scumbag hero PutinWhy so angry?
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posted on
02/28/2024 5:20:47 AM PST
by
JonPreston
( ✌ ☮️ )
To: Allegra; AndyJackson; ANKE69; bimboeruption; dforest; doorgunner69; fireman15; MoochPooch; ...
FREEPER FOLLIES PINGLIST!!
(((PING!)))
Join and laugh at the humor Zeepers provide!!
To: Williams
—€ But we have morons here who cheer Russian domination of Europe.
Name names!
Include actual quotes where they said that.
To: All
Jewish Federations are actively engaged in supporting the Ukrainian people—including by resettling over 2,600 displaced Ukrainians across the United States—and we seek continued U.S. support for these critical efforts.
The J Street Lobby stands in solidarity with Israel and Ukraine and supports efforts to strengthen its democracy in the face of aggression. The billion dollar Biden funding will aid Ukraine’s efforts to safeguard its democracy and protect its citizens.
The AMAZING CONNECTION between, US liberal politics,
Ukraine, Israel, US foreign aid tax dollars and George Soros:
The Senate’s recent passage of the Biden foreign aid funding bill made George Soros very happy.
Suggests laundered tax dollars are an income source for financing leftist tripe in the US govt.
J Street Lobby Rallies The troops
On Friday, Oct 20th, 2023, the Biden Administration sent a Supplemental Funding Request to the US Congress that contains key priorities for the American Jewish community:
Please urge your federal elected officials to take action by sending an email below or picking up the phone to call using the script at the end of this form. Your advocacy will help ensure Congress passes the Supplemental Budget Request, which includes the following:
<><>$14.3 Billion in Emergency assistance to Israel: This emergency assistance will bolster Israel’s ability to defend herself and replenish vital defense systems, including the Iron Dome and David’s Sling missile defense programs.
<><>Increased Funding for FEMA’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP): Jewish communities are in a state of elevated readiness and have already been forced to increase their security measure. FEMA’s Nonprofit “Security Grant Program” helps ensure the safety and security of Jewish and other faith-based community institutions. The increased funding included in Biden’s Supplemental Budget Request will help bolster our Jewish community’s capacity to protect itself at this challenging time.
<><>$61.4 Billion in Emergency Assistance to Ukraine: The J Street Lobby stands in solidarity with Ukraine and supports efforts to strengthen its democracy in the face of aggression. This funding will aid Ukraine’s efforts to safeguard its democracy and protect its citizens. Jewish Federations are actively engaged in supporting the Ukrainian people—including by resettling over 2,600 displaced Ukrainians across the United States—and we seek continued U.S. support for these critical efforts.
Reference-——
J street Lobby Policy on the US-Israel Special Relationship
(with the financial help of $750 million from George Soros).
J Street believes that maintaining a strong, vibrant US-Israel relationship is a core American interest. We want to see a secure, thriving Israel that is a healthy democracy, a national home for the Jewish people and a state for all its citizens that embodies the shared values that have long formed the heart of the special relationship between our two countries. We believe that American diplomatic leadership has an important role to play in helping to make this vision a reality, as does cooperation in (financing) Israel’s security, economic, technological, academic and civil society spheres.
REFERENCE
Confidential IRS documents obtained by The Washington Times in 2010 showed that George Soros had been a donor to J Street since 2008. The approximately $750,000 from Soros and his family, together with donations from Hong Kong-based businesswoman Ms. Consolacion Esdicul, amounted to about 15% of J Street’s funding in its early years.
In previous statements and on its web site J Street had seemed to deny receiving support from foreign interests and from Soros.
Jeremy Ben-Ami apologized for earlier “misleading” statements regarding funding from Soros. Ben-Ami also clarified that donors to 501(c)(4) organizations are promised confidentiality by law and challenged critics to make public the contributions from opposing organizations.
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posted on
02/28/2024 5:35:00 AM PST
by
Liz
(Political correctness is tyranny with manners. Charlton Heston.)
To: marcusmaximus
Like Israel had a choice. Israel is just another American proxy state.
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posted on
02/28/2024 5:36:02 AM PST
by
wildcard_redneck
(He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
To: JonPreston
Marxistminimus is quite the shrill, little paper hanger.
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posted on
02/28/2024 5:37:51 AM PST
by
wildcard_redneck
(He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
To: Williams
You Zeepers are wigging out as the war goes worse for you.
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posted on
02/28/2024 5:38:59 AM PST
by
wildcard_redneck
(He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
To: wildcard_redneck
Tell Russia to cancel their Moscow terror summit with Hamas this week.
To: Liz
Tell Hamas to stop being terrorists.
To: wildcard_redneck
This is just a way to backdoor aid to the Ukuleles. Israel becomes Biden’s bitch in trade for him allowing the Gaza operation to continue.
Just another way to get aid to the Ukes and avoid accountability to Congress.
More freebies would get sent with a Dem congress. Maybe that’s who we are hearing from loud and proud - assistant Dems.
To: wildcard_redneck
Seems like Israel doesn’t need 14 billion from US taxpayers. They have enough weaponry and defense syatems to give away.
US taxpayers are tired of being fleeced.
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posted on
02/28/2024 6:02:48 AM PST
by
dforest
To: JonPreston
Notice the Zeepers are not posting articles of what’s actually happening
on the ground in YouCrayne. They are posting other articles avoiding the
subject of YouCrayne solders going thru Ruzzia Meat Grinder on the ground.
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posted on
02/28/2024 6:44:12 AM PST
by
tennmountainman
( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Zeepers are angry this morning.
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posted on
02/28/2024 6:45:42 AM PST
by
tennmountainman
( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
To: marcusmaximus
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posted on
02/28/2024 6:49:51 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: dforest
Biden and the Democrats are OK with arming and weaponizing foreign countries, but grabbing guns from Americans is an obsession w/ them. The same “Congress” that gleefully tramples Americans’ 2A rights is hell bent on supplying weapons to foreign countries. ComputerGuy wrote: the entire budget for the US Marine Corps is $52 billion.
Not content w/ the mega US billions already in his pocket, Zelensky now says
he wants US tax dollars to Ukraine “according to the Israeli model”......here’s what he means:
Congressional Research Service
US Foreign aid to Israel
60 page detailed report
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33222/44
The concerned Israeli lobby made sure Congress is required by law to ensure that U.S. military aid in the Middle East region doesn’t damage Israel’s military superiority over its neighbors. That requirement enjoys broad bipartisan support and has served as a benchmark for ensuring Israel receives robust U.S. support.
Biden keeps gaslighting Americans about the “need” for
American foreign aid tax dollars to Ukraine and Israel.
Here’s why they DONT need it:
About $113.1 billion in tax dollars were authorized in 2022 for Ukraine, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Most of it–about $67.1 billion–was defense-related. The other $46 billion included:
<><>$26.9 billion for economic support;
<><>$7.9 billion for international disaster assistance;
<><>$6.6 billion in assistance for refugees;
<><>$1.5 billion for assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia;
<><>plus $3.1 billion for other non-defense spending.
US tax dollars helped Ukraine
<><>pay the salaries of 618,000 educators, 517,000 health workers, and 56,500 first responders
<><>helped sustain critical healthcare services,
<><>helped meet pension responsibilities for 9.8 million people,
<><>assisted 1.3 million internally displaced persons,
<><>provided housing assistance to 4.1 million people,
<><>provided social assistance to 240,000 low-income families
<><>helped subsidize 480,000 persons with disabilities,
<><>bought supplies for farmers,
<><>financed finding markets for small business.
Backstory: Since 1973, Israel has received more than $120 billion US tax
dollars in MILITARY assistance alone, including “three special aid” packages.
<><>billions for signing the Israel-Egypt peace treaty
<><>billions for Israel’s withdrawal from the Sinai.
<><>billions for redeployment of Israeli forces
<><>rebuilding Israeli air bases in the Negev cost $5 billion.
Biden rushed this tranche of arms to Israel right after Oct 7.
<><>57,000 155mm artillery shells
<><>more than 5,000 Mk82 unguided or “dumb” bombs,
<><>more than 5,400 Mk84 2,000 pound warhead bombs,
<><>around 1,000 GBU-39 small diameter bombs,
<><>approximately 3,000 JDAMs, which turn unguided bombs into guided “smart” bombs,
<><>BLU-109 bunker busters w/ 2,000 pound warheads designed to penetrate concrete shelters.
Besides weaponry, Israel also receives economic and humanitarian foreign aid, which supports broad economic development and sociopolitical stability and can include non-military support related to the country’s pressing security needs.
Military aid from US taxpayers has blanketed Israel over the years. They have more than enough resources, now, to nail Hamas and Hezbollah. Wealthy Israel has very low debt, and actually had a budget surplus this year, while the US is $33 trillion in debt, a debt which future generations are saddled with.
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posted on
02/28/2024 6:56:54 AM PST
by
Liz
(Political correctness is tyranny with manners. Charlton Heston.)
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