Adjusting for inflation, the United States has sent around $300 billion in economic and military support to Israel since its founding in 1948. The Onion breaks down the numbers behind this staggering level of aid.
300 Billion
Number of dollars that is apparently not enough.
1.4 Million
You don’t even want to know.
12
Kinds of human rights violations the last aid package was used for.
1
Get out of the Hague free card.
3
Number of extra zeroes U.S. officials added to their latest check just for the heck of it.
2,293
Ring lights given to IDF soldiers to make TikToks with.
2
Finger-wags delivered to Israel with every aid payment.
14,000
Tank shells that could’ve gone to local U.S. police departments.
3
Swing states Biden is willing to sacrifice in the general election.
0
Number of second thoughts Netanyahu has had about anything since the war started.