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Israel Balks at Obama’s New 10-Year Aid Offer
Israel Balks at Obama’s New 10-Year Aid Offer
Barbara Opall-Rome, Defense News 10:32 a.m. EDT July 15, 2016
Industry Braces for Losses, Layoffs as Result of 'Buy America' Spending Provisions
TEL AVIV — Israeli industry is bracing for lost funding and layoffs as a result of a proposed $38 billion, 10-year US military aid package that rescinds Israel’s ability to convert a significant portion of US grant dollars into shekels for local research, development and procurement.
While Israel still hopes to prevail upon the White House to bump its top line closer to $40 billion over 10 years, government and industry sources hold little hope of US President Barack Obama's administration wavering on Buy America demands. The proposed deal aims to follow the current $30 billion memorandum of understanding inked by both countries in 2007, which expires October 2017.
According to sources here and in Washington, the offer now stands at $3.8 billion annually, which includes some $400 million to be spent in Israel on cooperative missile defense and other pre-agreed upon joint programs, such as a new anti-tunnel initiative that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars in the coming decade.
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http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/policy-budget/budget/2016/07/15/israel-us-foreign-aid-obama/87121748/
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