Rand Paul: "I think Israel is an important ally in the Middle East, it’s a democracy, and there are many things that we will have in common and should work together with. I do say, and I’ve told the people who do support Israel in a big way, I’ve said, look, the problem is that we give $6 billion to Israel’s enemies that are all around her, and we give Israel $4 billion. We have to ask the question, where is the money coming from, we have a massive debt and we’re out of money."
I think that Rand Paul makes an important point -- if you want to talk about cutting foreign aid to Israel, then you need to talk about cutting all foreign aid to Israel's enemies as well. He's certainly right about that!
(Maybe ole' Ron Paul should listen to the way his son presents the argument!)
He certainly is. In fact even Netanyahu has advocated the end of Israel's $3 billion anual foreign aid, calling it "welfare" which allows Israel to divert defense dollars to social welfare spending he wants to ditch. But of course Egypt desperately needs the cash, and it is guaranteed to both sides out of the Camp David Accords of 1977.