The Obama administration is reportedly close to providing Israel with up to $40 billion in funding over 10 years, making it the biggest U.S. military aid package ever given to any country. However, if American taxpayers are going to foot the bill for financing the Israeli military, which continues to occupy 2.7 million Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, then conditions must be put on the deal. The proposed military deal comes at a time when Israel’s oppressive and discriminatory settlement policies in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem continue unabated. The Obama administration should make it clear that there are strings attached to U.S. aid and that Israel’s failure to comply with a settlement freeze will have financial penalties.
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