Will the U.S. Appease Netanyahu and Increase Military Aid to Israel?

Will the U.S. Appease Netanyahu and Increase Military Aid to Israel?

Netanyahu requests a $2 billion increase in military aid on top of the more than $3 billion worth of weaponry that U.S. taxpayers provide to Israel each year.

November 12, 2015
Phyllis Bennis

U.S. President Barack Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Monday. It’s the first time the two leaders have met in more than a year.

For more on the significance of this meeting and whether it would help smooth over strained relations between Israel and the U.S., CCTV America’s Asieh Namdar was joined by IPS’s Phyllis Bennis. Watch below:

Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.

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