The very day that Israel left the Gaza Strip, the ‘peace loving’ Palestinians began launching rockets into Israel. The Iron Dome that Israel developed is the grandchild of Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). The Creepozoid Liberals laughed, but it works.
Israel has had to spend a disproportionate amount on Defense since the modern states inception.
At one point Defense was more than half the budget. It is still the highest outlay in the Israeli budget, scheduled for63 billion Shekels in 2019.
“The state budget in 2019 will amount to 397.3 billion shekels
the education budget will be 60 billion shekels
health budget will be 38 billion shekels
the welfare and Holocaust survivors budget will amount to 13 billion shekels
allowances for disabled persons will amount to approximately 2 billion shekels
Ministry of Defense budget will amount to about 63 billion shekels.”
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