The U.S. foreign-aid budget, visualized

From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Max Bearak and Lazaro Gamio was published by The Washington Post on September 26, 2016.

 

The word ‘billion’ has a certain ring to it. It sounds like, and is, a lot — in any context. We don’t normally think of numbers higher than a billion.

So when the United States inked a memorandum of understanding with Israel this month, promising $38 billion in military aid over a 10-year period, it set off alarm bells for many.

 

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