Comment by kennywinker
2 months ago
1/4 by my reckoning. See links to my sources in the grandparent post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46452680
2 months ago
1/4 by my reckoning. See links to my sources in the grandparent post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46452680
israeli defense budget is around $35b-$45b
usa aid is typically around $3b-$3.5b . 2024 higher aid is one off due to the war. also (unless i am wrong), good chunk of aid that Israel got from usa during war was in form of loans/guarantees for loans and such
Their military budget is wayyy up due to the war, so if you’re ignoring recent giving you should also be ignoring recent spending.
In 2020 their military budget was ~21b. In 2020 the US gave 3.8b - so 21%, or 1/5. My number was based on 2024 budget and spending, which is why i said 1/4, but you’re probably right that pre-war numbers are more accurate if we’re talking about their long term spending trends.
Sources:
Israel military budget: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.CD?end=2020...
US money to israel, page 6: https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL3322...
worldbank data is off almost by factor of 2
from israeli site:
The 2021 budget framework for the "Ministry of Defense" includes an expenditure budget of NIS 62.357 billion, in addition to NIS 14.972 billion in income-contingent expenditure and authorization to commit in the amount of NIS 36.3 billion.
In 2022, the framework for the budget includes an expenditure budget of NIS 59.833 billion, in addition to NIS 15 billion in income-contingent expenditure and authorization to commit in the amount of NIS 42.9 billion.
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