Military Aid to Israel Cannot Be Unconditional
April 13, 2024
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The suffering of civilians in Gaza — tens of thousands dead, many of them children; hundreds of thousands homeless, many at risk of starvation — has become more than a growing number of Americans can abide. And yet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his ultranationalist allies in government have defied American calls for more restraint and humanitarian help.
The United States commitment to Israel — including $3.8 billion a year in military aid, the largest outlay of American foreign aid to any one country in the world — is a reflection of the exceptionally close and enduring relationship between the two countries. A bond of trust, however, must prevail between donors and recipients of lethal arms from the United States, which supplies arms according to formal conditions that reflect American values and the obligations of international law.
引くに引けないネタニヤフにしてみると、イランの攻撃はむしろこれ幸い？というものでは。イラン側は大きな紛争にしたいとは思えず、国内向けのポーズと言うか。NYTIMESでもダメージはlightと報道。むしろイスラエル側が事態をエスカレーションしそう。
