On Jun 2, 2010, at 9:18 PM, Michael Pollak wrote:
> It's a public fact that US annual US public aid to Israel has been ~
> $3B ever since Camp David. But has annual US private aid really
> consistently been ~$4.5B during that same period? To me that's
> news, and important news, esp. in a post 9/11 world where
> effectively cutting off private donations is now commonplace. Do
> you remember the sources for this figure?
I got the $7.5b from the IMF's International Financial Statistics. I recall hearing years ago that private aid was also in the $3b neighborhood. Some of the $7.5b might come from other countries as well.
Doug