Take Action: Oppose $3 Billion in Military Aid to Israel

Last month, President Obama sent his FY2011 budget request to Congress, which included a record-breaking request for $3 billion in military aid to Israel.   Take action now by sending your Members of Congress a letter opposing this request for more military aid to Israel, a country which misuses U.S. weapons to kill and injure Palestinian civilians in violation of U.S. law.  Send you letter by clicking here.

Click on the map to see "How Much Military Aid to Israel?"

In your letter to your Members of Congress, you can even let them know how much military aid to Israel your state, Congressional district, county, and city will be providing under the terms of a ten-year agreement between the United States and Israel that lasts until 2018.

You can look up this data, and the unmet domestic needs that could have been funded with this money instead, on our new and updated website www.aidtoisrael.org.  To find out how much military aid to Israel your community is responsible for and what that money could be used for instead, please click here.  
Today, we are launching on-line ads on Facebook and Google to spread the word to our fellow citizens about the true costs--both financial and moral--of U.S. military aid to Israel.  You can help us spread the word even further by making a tax-deductible contribution of $19.19--the average amount that an individual will pay in taxes this year for U.S. weapons to Israel.  Help us educate millions of Americans about the effects of U.S. military aid to Israel and "offset" your taxes to Israeli military occupation by making a tax-deductible contribution to the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation by clicking here.

And don't forget to send that letter to your Members of Congress letting them know that you oppose the President's request for $3 billion in military aid to Israel.  Send you letter today by clicking here.

Also, below, learn more about the new educational and organizing resources we have on our new website www.aidtoisrael.org and help us to spread the word about this new site.

In solidarity,

Josh Ruebner
National Advocacy Director
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

Download a PowerPoint Presentation of "Armed and Dangerous: Weapons Transfers to Israel during the Bush Administration"
Download a PowerPoint presentation with detailed statistics and charts showing how Israel misuses U.S. military aid to commit human rights abuses against Palestinians by clicking here.

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Download Fact Sheets about U.S. Military Aid to Israel
Download a fact sheet on U.S. military aid to Israel--"U.S. Military Aid to Israel: Illegal and Immoral"--by clicking here.

Download a fact sheet on Israel's misuse of U.S. weapons in the Gaza Strip--"Palestinians in Gaza: Besieged & Attacked with U.S. Weapons"--by clicking here.

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Listen to a WS Radio Program about U.S. Military Aid to Israel

Listen to Josh Ruebner, National Advocacy Director of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, discuss U.S. military aid to Israel on the "CNI: Jerusalem Calling" WS Radio program below:

Josh Ruebner