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The Strategic Functions of U.S. Aid to Israel

The United States aid relationship with Israel is unlike any other in the world, or indeed, like any in history. In sheer volume, the amount of aid is the most generous foreign aid program ever between any two countries, totaling $77.726 billion through fiscal year 1996.Foot note 2_1 No country has ever received as much Congressionally-mandated aid as has Israel, including South Vietnam. Indeed, Israel receives more U.S. aid per capita annually than the total annual GNP per capita of several Arab states, including Egypt, Mauritania, Sudan, Yemen and Morocco.Foot note 2_2 What is perhaps even more unusual is that Israel, like its benefactor, is an advanced, industrialized, technologically-sophisticated country, as well as a major arms exporter.

Reassessing America’s Policy Toward Indonesia

October 17, 1996 By admin Christian Science Monitor / Human Rights

The muted reaction of Clinton administration officials on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to two human rights activists from East Timor is not simply due to the seeming obscurity of that small Southeast Asian nation. No choice could have been more embarrassing for the United States government.

The Dangers of Miscalculation in the Middle East

May 3, 1996 By admin Christian Science Monitor / Israel and Palestine / Lebanon

The cease-fire agreement in Lebanon is widely depicted as a triumph of Israeli military force and American diplomacy. In reality, however, it represents the failure of both.

Roots of Radical Islam

September 9, 1995 By admin Peace Review

Peace Review 1995 Roots of Radical Islam (PDF)

Clinton on Wrong Side of Jerusalem Issue

April 27, 1994 By admin Bill Clinton / Christian Science Monitor / Israel and Palestine / US Middle East Policy

A LITTLE-NOTICED policy shift by the Clinton administration on Jerusalem has implications beyond the fate of one city in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. It marks a retrenchment in the American commitment to international law and the authority of the United Nations.

Arms Sales Ironies

October 14, 1992 By admin Arabian Peninsula / Arms Transfers / Christian Science Monitor

THE timid opposition in Congress to the Bush Administration’s announced sale of 72 highly sophisticated F-15E jet fighters to Saudi Arabia shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone.

The Appeal of Bigotry

November 16, 1990 By admin Christian Science Monitor / Israel and Palestine

THE assassination of Meir Kahane brings on mixed emotions for most Americans familiar with his career. First of all, many acknowledge the tragedy of taking any human life, particularly for political purposes; it is yet another unfortunate manifestation of the easy availability of handguns; and it is another depressing reminder of the increasing violence in the clash between Israeli and Palestinian nationalism.

Re-Evaluate, Recognize Angola

June 25, 1990 By admin Africa / Christian Science Monitor / South Africa

DESPITE the euphoria resulting from independence in Namibia and prospects for negotiations in South Africa, another conflict in that region continues – and the United States is fanning the flames. The US government continues to arm UNITA, a rebel organization seeking to overthrow the Angolan government.

Nicaragua – Not Another Domino

March 9, 1990 By admin Christian Science Monitor / Latin America-Caribbean

WHILE the Bush administration and many pundits see the defeat of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua as simply a continuation of the democratic trend sweeping Eastern Europe, the circumstances are quite different. Failure to make such a distinction, in fact, could be disastrous for US foreign policy.

US Should Reassess Policy in Western Sahara

January 10, 1989 By admin Christian Science Monitor / Western Sahara/Morocco

THE incoming Bush administration has an opportunity to score an early diplomatic victory should it choose to actively throw its support behind United Nations sponsored negotiations for a peaceful settlement to the war in Western Sahara. To do so would be a departure from the Reagan administration which, despite diplomatic successes in Namibia and elsewhere, has chosen not to play a similarly constructive role in northwest Africa.