What I have argued for is to substitute for the military assistance two agreements between our countries, one that would effectively give Israel access to American technology and America access to Israeli technology, and, secondly, to set up a joint R&D mechanism so that we can really build technology together. Number two, this has nothing to do with the current crisis in Israel.īut it's, rather, a way to make this relationship sound and on a much better footing than it currently is. In fact, its GDP per capita is stronger than Japan's.Īnd so, in fact, it really doesn't need the U.S. ought to revisit this issue of aid to Israel and to draw it down.Īmbassador to Israel: Well, Israel is a mature country with a mature economy. Gentlemen, thank you both so much for being here. He's a counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He's now a professor at Princeton University.Īnd Dennis Ross has also served in Democratic and Republican administrations as a Middle East peace envoy. ambassador to Egypt during the Clinton administration and to Israel during the George W. Joining us to discuss this are Daniel Kurtzer. However, there are growing calls to revisit that.
aid each year than any other country, totaling $3.8 billion in military aid annually. has been a supporter of Israel since its creation in 1948 and has given it significant aid since the U.S.-brokered peace deal between Israel and Egypt in 1979. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Israel's current political turmoil, driven by the most far right government in that nation's history, has renewed the debate over America's financial assistance to that country.
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