He said that as far as aid to Israel is concerned, he is not suggesting disengagement or that the US should stop selling armaments, but said “it wouldn’t be a one-way street, it would be a sale, not a grant.”
Paul, who on a number of occasions cited Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s 1996 speech in Congress saying he wanted to wean Israel off American aid, said that decent aid would be beneficial for Israel because it would retain its own sovereignty and not have to come “on bended knee” to ask US permission on a variety of issues, such as settlements.
Regarding the argument that 75 percent of the military aid to Israel is spent in the US and helps the US economy, Paul said the problem with that argument is that one industry is benefiting from taxes taken from 300 million people.
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