The annual AIPAC conference currently underway in Washington features, inter alia, a kit designed to help members of the U.S. Congress grasp the critical importance of U.S. defense aid to Israel.
The pamphlet begins with a letter addressed to the various members of Congress, stating that the fiscal year 2017 budget allocates $3.1 billion in security assistance for Israel, in accordance with an agreement signed in 2007. With the current agreement set to expire in 2018, AIPAC says, "negotiations are currently underway on a new agreement to help ensure Israel has the resources to defend itself—by itself."
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