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Obama campaign promises not to cut aid to Israel
Oct 5, 2008, 16:29 GMT
Tel Aviv - US presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama has promised not to cut foreign aid to Israel if he is elected in November, a spokeswoman for Obama has said.
In a statement to the Israeli business daily Globes, a spokeswoman for Obama said he would honor existing agreements pertaining to foreign aid and as such was committed to 'increasing aid to Israel to $30 billion over 10 years.'
In the vice presidential debate last week, Obama's running mate Senator Joe Biden said their administration would have to hold back on plans to double foreign aid in general in light of the financial crisis in the US.
Israel is estimated to receive over $2.5 billion each year in foreign aid from the US, in addition to other grants for projects, such as joint military research and development.
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us to the ground, now (if elected) Obama will start kicking.
I want Jews out of Israel by any means necessary. Then the world can have peace because there is no other land Israeli Jews can use religion to justify stealing. Moreover, there will be no reason for Israeli Jews to continue freeloading off american taxpayer money that we can't afford.
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SP4: This would be the same personOct 5th, 2008 - 17:06:19
..that would open an uninvited dialog with Israel's worst enemies?
Care to draw any conclusions from that?
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