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Hi, The largest recipient of US financial aid is Israel. Hope this helps! Thanks, Nithya
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The Largest Receipient of US Foreign Aid has been Israel over the Last Few Years followed by Egypt . Although in 2003 , Iraq was provided $20 billion for its reconstruction post Saddam. Israel was provided a total of $2.52 billion in 2006 ($240 million as a military aid and $2.28 billion as economic aid) This is Followed by Egypt with a total of $1.79 billion ($495 million as military aid and $1.3 billion as economic aid) Israel and Egypt cover almost 1/3rds of the total Foreign aid that the US provides, the majority of which is paid for armaments , Yet neither of the two is a “Developing “ country. The List of the Top Receipients of US Foreign Aids is given Below : ( For 2006) 1. Israel - $ 2.52 billion 2. Egypt - $ 1.795 billion 3. Colombia - $ 558 million 4. Jordan - $ 461 million 5. Pakisan - $ 698 million 6. Indonesia - $ 158 million 7. Peru - $ 133 million 8. Kenya - $ 213 million 9. Bolivia - $ 122 million 10. Ukraine - $ 115 million For the Complete detailed List of Major recipients of US Foreign Aids , (For 2001 – 2006) Please Refer to the Link Below. http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/pol… Hope This Helps !!
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Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. From 1976-2004, Israel was the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance, having been supplanted by Iraq. Since 1985, the United States has provided nearly $3 billion in grants annually to Israel. Almost all U.S. bilateral aid to Israel is in the form of military assistance. In the past, Israel also had received significant economic assistance. Strong congressional support for Israel has resulted in Israel’s receiving benefits not available to other countries. For example, Israel can use some U.S. military assistance both for research and development in the United States and for military purchases from Israeli manufacturers. In addition, all U.S. foreign assistance earmarked for Israel is delivered in the first 30 days of the fiscal year. Most other recipients normally receive aid in installments. Congress also appropriates funds for joint U.S.-Israeli missile defense programs. In August 2007, the Bush Administration announced that it would increase U.S. military assistance to Israel by $6 billion over the next decade. The agreement calls for incremental annual increases in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to Israel, reaching $3 billion a year by FY2012. For FY2010, the Obama Administration requested $2.775 billion in FMF to Israel. Congress provided $555 million of Israel's total FY2010 FMF appropriation in P.L. 111-32, the FY2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act. The remaining funds are contained in H.R. 3081 and S. 1434, the House and Senate’s FY2010 Foreign Operations Appropriations bills respectively, which await further action in both chambers. On July 9, 2009, Congressman Christopher Smith introduced H.R. 3160, the Israel Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act, 2010. Among other items, the bill would require “that none of the funds made available under this paragraph, except those specified in the fourth proviso under this heading, shall be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services that are not sold by the United States Government under the Arms Export Control Act unless Israel has first signed an agreement with the United States Government specifying the conditions under which such procurements may be financed with such funds.” The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Appropriations and awaits further action. Read the whole article in source file:
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IRAQ is the largest US foreign aid reciever. with genuine data available till 2007 Iraq is the highest recipient of U.S. Foreign Economic and Military Aid with 8193 millions of dollars in 2007. Genuine data is available at http://www.census.gov/compendia/sta… http://www.census.gov/compendia/sta… http://www.census.gov/compendia/sta… I have also attached the files.
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Hai, Israel, long since the US' top recipient of foreign aid, will receive USD 2.4 billion. Since 1979 and the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, Israel has annually received up to USD 3 billion in aid. Egypt received the second largest aid package from the US and will receive USD 1.3 billion in military aid as well as USD 415 million in civilian aid. Jordan will receive USD 264 million in economic aid as well as USD 200 million in military aid. Aid to the Palestinian Authority has been frozen following Hamas' victory in the recent PA elections. Despite this President Bush has asked Congress to authorize the transfer of USD 63.6 million in aid to the Palestinians, to be appropriated by the United States Agency for International Development. Lebanon is expected to receive some USD 52 million in aid in 2008, this in addition to the special aid the administration already sought for Lebanon in 2007 – totaling at USD 580 million.
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas authorized by the Congress in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. For FY2010, the Obama Administration requested $2.775 billion in FMF to Israel. From 1976-2004, Israel was the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance,with nearly $3 billion in grants annually to Israel, having been supplanted by Iraq in 2004. In 2004 Iraq recieved a total of 18.44 billion US$ And some say that U.S. is the world's largest recipient of foreign assistance. Other countries are not sending official government "aid" dollars to help the U.S. but are doing things that have the same effect. For instance, China provides the biggest single subsidy to the U.S. US agency for International development quotes the aid received by different countries(Top TEN) from 2000-08 as - IRAQ - 51.2 Billion US Dollars ISRAEL - 29.4 Billion US Dollars AFGHANISTAN - 25.6 Billion US Dollars EGYPT - 18.5 Billion US Dollars RUSSIA - 10.7 Billion US Dollars COLUMBIA - 7.7 Billion US Dollars JORDAN - 6.7 Billion US Dollars PAKISTAN - 6.5 Billion US Dollars SUDAN - 5.6 Billion US Dollars ETHIOPIA - 4.6 Billion US Dollars Source - http://www.heritage.org/Research/Re… Estimated U.S. government and private international assistance to developing countries (US$ billions)2010 U.S. official development assistance (ODA) - 10.9 All other U.S. government assistance - 14 Millennium Challenge Account - 5 U.S. private assistance (low estimates) - 55.2 Foundations - 3.1 Corporations - 4.6 Private voluntary organizations -10.1 Universities and colleges - 2.6 Religious congregations - 4.8 Individual remittances - 30 Total U.S. international assistance - 84.9 U.S. ODA as % of total - 19 Other U.S. government as % of total - 16 Private as % of total - 65 Source - http://www.usaid.gov/fani/Summary--… Also for USAID Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2007 to 2012 see - http://www.usaid.gov/policy/coordin… You can also have a detailed analysis of aid program's by USA here by country, program and area - http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/pol…
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Since 2000 about 95 percent of U.N. member states that receive U.S. assistance have voted against the United States most of the time in the U.N. General Assembly on non-consensus votes. The U.S. should inform aid recipients that their support--or lack of support--for U.S. priorities in the U.N. and other international organizations will directly affect future decisions on allocating U.S. assistance. In order to strengthen and broaden support for America's policies in the U.N., the U.S. should also seek to build coalitions of like-minded nations that are firmly committed to political and economic freedom. Over the long term, U.S. aid could facilitate the expansion of these coalitions by encouraging more countries to become freer, both politically and economically. The United Nations is a profoundly political body. Its 192 member nations seek to advance their various, often competing interests, leading many nations to oppose U.S. diplomatic initiatives and efforts to advance U.S. interests. This makes countries' voting practices in the U.N. General Assembly a useful metric both for gauging their ability and willingness to support U.S. priorities and for evaluating the U.S.'s effectiveness in using the available foreign policy tools to gain support for its policy positions.[1] U.N. member countries' voting patterns in the General Assembly reveal that: U.S. assistance to U.N. member countries has not led them to support U.S. diplomatic initiatives in the U.N. reliably. On the contrary, most recipients of U.S. assistance vote against the United States more often than they vote with the U.S. Economically free countries are more likely than less free countries to vote for U.S. positions. Politically free governments are also more likely than less free countries to vote for U.S. positions. It is time to rethink U.S. engagement with the United Nations and reshape U.S. policy to better serve American interests, protect U.S. sovereignty, and increase the U.N.'s ability to fulfill its stated purposes of promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms and maintaining international peace and security. To bolster international support for U.S. diplomatic initiatives, particularly in the General Assembly, the U.S. should seek to build and strengthen coalitions among economically and politically free nations that share many values and principles with America. When the issue is important, the U.S. should also be willing to use its political and financial pressure to garner support from countries that would not generally support U.S. policies. Therefore, the State Department should adopt a policy of letting aid recipients know that undermining U.S. priorities at the U.N. will make Americans, especially Congress, less inclined to continue providing aid to them. Finally, while the United States needs to continue to lead the international community in working through the U.N. when it can be effective, it also needs to lead in establishing alternative mechanisms, coalitions, partnerships, alliances, and organizations to act when the U.N. proves unable or unwilling to do so. U.S. Aid Fails to Advance U.S. Policies Effectively The American public has recognized the difficulty of working through the U.N. to advance U.S. interests and has expressed frustration with the systematic shortcomings that plague the organization. As a recent Gallup poll noted, "Americans have never held the United Nations in particularly high esteem." Since 2003, an average of only 32 percent of Americans have agreed that the U.N. is "doing a good job," with the lowest approval rating of 26 percent recorded in 2009.[2] A key reason for the U.N.'s poor reputation is that Americans generally perceive the organization as hostile to U.S. policies and priorities. Analysis provided in the U.S. Department of State's annual Voting Practices in the United Nations report demonstrates that there is substantial factual basis for this perception. One measure of the influence that U.S. foreign assistance programs have in promoting U.S. priorities is how often aid recipients vote with the U.S. in the General Assembly. Historically, the U.S. has been largely unsuccessful in eliciting support for its positions in the General Assembly.[3] Following the Cold War, the U.S. enjoyed a honeymoon in the U.N. during which support for its positions on non-consensus votes grew steadily, peaking at a voting coincidence of over 50 percent in 1995. Since then, however, voting coincidence with the U.S. on non-consensus General Assembly resolutions has fallen, dropping to 25.6 percent in 2008. Overall, voting coincidence with the U.S. in the U.N. General Assembly on non-consensus votes has averaged 31 percent over the past 25 years.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the UN in New York on May 3, 2010 Photo by: AP "We are committed to a full implementation of the 1995 NPT resolution on the Middle East and we support all ongoing efforts to this end," the five permanent UN Security Council members said in a unanimous statement issued at a conference taking stock of the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The 1995 resolution adopted by signatories of the landmark arms control treaty called for making the Middle East a zone without nuclear arms. Israel, which is widely believed to have nuclear weapons, is the only country in the Middle East not to have signed the treaty and, along with India and Pakistan, one of only three countries worldwide outside the agreement. Iran, though a signatory, is accused by the West of flouting treaty requirements to disclose its nuclear activities. "This conference represents a pivotal turning point in the history of the treaty, and an opportunity that may be the last and that must be seized," Egyptian UN Ambassador Maged A. Abdelaziz told delegates Wednesday. On Tuesday, Arab countries sought to turn attention to Israel as delegates from 189 countries debated how to stem the spread of nuclear weapons. The Middle East would join five other nuclear-free regions - Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the South Pacific and Latin America - covering some 116 countries that have outlawed the presence of atomic arms in their areas. The U.S. and Israel are discussing what such practical measures might be, said a Western diplomatic source, speaking on condition of anonymity about other countries' contacts. Russia's deputy foreign minister, meanwhile, said Moscow is partnering with Washington on a draft plan. "In recent weeks, we have managed to develop a joint approach with the United States," Sergei A. Ryabkov told reporters. On the second day of the month-long meeting at the United Nations, Arab countries were reiterating calls for a nuclear-free Middle East with criticism of Israel's unacknowledged nuclear arsenal and failure to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday declared the need for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons, telling the United Nations General Assembly that the U.S. was '"prepared to support practical measures for achieving that objective." (invade Israel?????) "We support efforts to realize the goal of a weapons-of-mass-destruction-free-zone in the Middle East in accordance with the 1995 Middle East resolution," Clinton told delegates at the opening of a month-long review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York. "The Middle East may present the greatest threat of nuclear proliferation in the world today." Israel top recipient of US foreign aid Israel is still the top recipient of US foreign aid. President George W. Bush’s administration submitted the foreign aid budget to Congress for 2008, requesting $20.27 billion, a 12 percent increase from 2007. The foreign aid budget comprises only a small portion of its overall budget of $2.9 trillion. Israel will receive $2.4 billion. Since the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty in 1979, Israel has received up to $3 billion in aid annually from the US. As part of an initiative by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, civilian aid has decreased over the course of the past 10 years, going from $1.2 million to being completely cancelled this year. Military aid to Israel has increased from $1.8 billion to $2.4 billion. Egypt receives the second largest aid package from the US with $1.3 billion in military aid and $415 million in civilian aid. Jordan receives $264 million in economic aid as well as $200 million in military aid. Aid to the Palestinian Authority has been frozen following Hamas’ victory in the recent PA elections. Lebanon is expected to receive some $52 million in aid in 2008.
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Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. From 1976-2004, Israel was the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance, having been supplanted by Iraq. Since 1985, the United States has provided nearly $3 billion in grants annually to Israel. For FY2010, the Obama Administration requested $2.775 billion in FMF to Israel. Congress provided $555 million of Israel's total FY2010 FMF appropriation in P.L. 111-32, the FY2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act. The remaining funds are contained in H.R. 3081 and S. 1434, the House and Senate’s FY2010 Foreign Operations Appropriations bills respectively, which await further action in both chambers. In August 2007, the Bush Administration announced that it would increase U.S. military assistance to Israel by $6 billion over the next decade. The agreement calls for incremental $150 million annual increases in FMF to Israel, starting at $2.55 billion in FY2009 and reaching $3.15 billion by 2013 through 2018. Annual Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grants to Israel represent 18.2% of the overall Israeli defense budget, and FMF levels are expected to increase incrementally from a baseline of $2.4 billion in FY2008 to approximately $3.1 billion over the next several fiscal years. A bit more detail: Here are the top 16 recipients of U.S. foreign aid for 2005: 1. Israel 2.58 Billion 2. Egypt 1.84 Billion 3. Afganistan 0.98 Billion 4. Pakistan 0.70 Billion 5. Colombia 0.57 Billion 6. Sudan 0.50 Billion 7. Jordan 0.48 Billion 8. Uganda 0.25 Billion 9. Kenya 0.24 Billion 10. Ethiopia 0.19 Billion 11. South Africa 0.19 Billion 12. Peru 0.19 Billion 13. Indonesia 0.18 Billion 14. Bolivia 0.18 Billion 15. Nigeria 0.18 Billion 16. Zambia 0.18 Billion Here are the top 16 recipients of U.S. foreign aid for 2004: 1. Iraq 18.44 Billion 2. Israel 2.62 Billion 3. Egypt 1.87 Billion 4. Afghanistan 1.77 Billion 5. Colombia 0.57 Billion 6. Jordan 0.56 Billion 7. Pakistan 0.39 Billion 8. Liberia 0.21 Billion 9. Peru 0.17 Billion 10. Ethiopia 0.16 Billion 11. Bolivia 0.15 Billion 12. Turkey 0.15 Billion 13. Uganda 0.14 Billion 14. Sudan 0.14 Billion 15. Indonesia 0.13 Billion 16. Kenya 0.13 Billion Israel gets 2.58 billion but 2.1 billion of it goes to military aid which it uses to purchase US made weapons. Egypt gets 1.3 for the same reason although it buys french made weapons also, persumably with US dollars. The rest goes to social programs (i.e. aid). Afghanistan and Pakistan aid is mostly military aid although alot of Afghanistan aid is going to set up the government and a significant portion is going to fight poppy production (farmer incentive programs). Colombia gets its .57 billion for the War on Drugs, very little goes to social programs, mostly eradication and fumagation of coca crops.
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ISRAEL is the largest receipient of US Foreign Aid.
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Hi, According to he Congressional Research Service, the following fifteen countries are the top recipients of U.S. Foreign Aid for fiscal year 2004, the most recent year of data available. Top Recipients of U.S. Foreign Aid The 15 Top Recipients of Foreign Aid from the United States of America By Matt Rosenberg, About.com Guide 1) Iraq - $18.44 billion 2) Israel - $2.62 billion 3) Egypt - $1.87 billion 4) Afghanistan - $1.77 billion 5) Colombia - $570 million 6) Jordan - $560 million 7) Pakistan - $390 million 8) Liberia - $210 million 9) Peru - $170 million 10) Ethiopia - $160 million 11) Bolivia - $150 million 12) Turkey - $150 million 13) Uganda - $140 million 14) Sudan - $140 million 15) Indonesia - $130 million Try this link : http://geography.about.com/od/lists… Here are the top 16 recipients of U.S. foreign aid for 2005: 1. Israel 2.58 Billion 2. Egypt 1.84 Billion 3. Afganistan 0.98 Billion 4. Pakistan 0.70 Billion 5. Colombia 0.57 Billion 6. Sudan 0.50 Billion 7. Jordan 0.48 Billion 8. Uganda 0.25 Billion 9. Kenya 0.24 Billion 10. Ethiopia 0.19 Billion 11. South Africa 0.19 Billion 12. Peru 0.19 Billion 13. Indonesia 0.18 Billion 14. Bolivia 0.18 Billion 15. Nigeria 0.18 Billion 16. Zambia 0.18 Billion source: CRS Report for Congress: Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S. Programs and Policy Updated January 19, 2005, page 14 http://shelby.senate.gov/legislatio…
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Israel is the recipient of largest US financial aid. WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush's administration will submit its proposed budget for US foreign aid in 2008 to Congress on Wednesday, requesting USD 20.27 billion - a more than 12 percent increase in foreign aid from 2007. However America's foreign aid budget composes only a small portion of its overall budget of USD 2.9 trillion. Israel, long since the US' top recipient of foreign aid, will receive USD 2.4 billion. Since 1979 and the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, Israel has annually received up to USD 3 billion in aid. As part of with an initiative by then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the civilian aid has been steadily decreased over the course of the past 10 years, going from USD 1.2 million to being completely cancelled this year. At the same time military aid to Israel has increased from USD 1.8 billion to USD 2.4 billion. Egypt received the second largest aid package from the US and will receive USD 1.3 billion in military aid as well as USD 415 million in civilian aid. Jordan will receive USD 264 million in economic aid as well as USD 200 million in military aid. Aid to the Palestinian Authority has been frozen following Hamas' victory in the recent PA elections. Despite this President Bush has asked Congress to authorize the transfer of USD 63.6 million in aid to the Palestinians, to be appropriated by the United States Agency for International Development. Lebanon is expected to receive some USD 52 million in aid in 2008, this in addition to the special aid the administration already sought for Lebanon in 2007 – totaling at USD 580 million. II.srael – United States relations are an important factor in the United States government's overall policy in the Middle East. The United States Congress places considerable importance on the maintenance of a close and supportive relationship with Israel. The main expression of support for Israel has been foreign aid, which Israel receives more of than any other state. Congress monitors this aid closely, along with other issues in bilateral relations. Congressional concerns have affected different administrations' policies over the last 60 years. Bilateral relations have evolved from an initial US policy of sympathy and support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in 1948 to an unusual partnership that links a small but militarily powerful Israel, dependent on the United States for its economic and military strength, with the US superpower trying to balance competing interests in the region. Some in the United States question the levels of aid and general commitment to Israel, and argue that a US bias toward Israel operates at the expense of improved US relations with various Arab and Muslim governments. Others maintain that Israel is a strategic ally, and that US relations with Israel strengthen the US presence in the Middle East.[1] Israel is one of the United States' two original major non-NATO allies in the Middle East. Currently, there are seven major non-NATO allies in the Greater Middle East. best wishes and with excellent regards
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