@ISIDEWITHQuestionsForeign policy13yrs ago

Should the U.S. continue to support Israel?

Should Norway continue to support Israel?

The U.S. currently gives $38 billion to Israel every year in foreign aid assistance. Most of the aid is used by Israel to buy American military hardware, such as jets and components for missile defense. $38 billion is 50% of the United States’ foreign aid budget for 2017. Opponents argue that the aid given to Israel is unnecessary since the country provides free healthcare and college tuition to its citizens. Proponents argue that the aid is necessary to promote democracy in the Middle East and maintain a balance of power with other countries in the region.

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Response rates from 8.4k Norway voters.

45%
Yes
55%
No
36%
Yes
47%
No
7%
We should give equal support to Israel and Palestine.
4%
No, we should be less involved
2%
Yes, but respect Israel’s sovereignty and do not dictate how it should interact with its neighbors
2%
Not the current administration
0%
Yes, and increase funding in order to move our embassy to Jerusalem
1%
No, cut all support and aid
0%
Yes, and with more aid and support
1%
No, we should not give aid to any foreign nations

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 @9DQ9B32from South Carolina  answered…1yr1Y

No, and a special military operation should be launched in the Israel-Palestine area.

 @9BN3N46answered…2yrs2Y

Yes but we should give both support to Israel and Palestine.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…17hrs17H

Holy Intervention: Iran Urges Pope Francis to Stop War in Middle East

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian called on Pope Francis to use his influence with Christian governments to stop war in the Middle East, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday."Encourage world leaders, especially Christian governments, to prevent the continuation of aggressions made by the criminal Israeli regime," Pezeshkian said, in what Fars described as a message to the Pope.The message was delivered by an Iranian delegation participating in a religious dialogue event held in the Vatican, Iran's government website said.Tehran and the Holy See have enjoyed formal diplomatic relations since 1954, and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in 2022 shared a message to Pope Francis lauding his "stances on consolidating relations between Islam and Christianity".Last week, Pope Francis suggested the global community should study whether Israel's military campaign in Gaza constituted a genocide of the Palestinian people, in some of his most explicit criticism yet of Israel's conduct in its year-long war.Israel says accusations of genocide in its Gaza campaign are baseless and that it is solely hunting down Iranian-backed Hamas and other armed groups.Pezeshkian added that Tehran was ready to engage constructively with the Vatican to promote peace and justice in the world.Francis, leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church, is usually careful not to take sides in international conflicts, and to stress de-escalation. But he has stepped up his criticism of Israel's conduct in its war against Hamas recently.