1. ARMED AND DANGEROUS:
Arms Transfers to Israel during
the Bush Administration

2. BACKGROUND ON MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL
Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns
Signs MOU with Israel, Aug. 2007
From 1949-2007, more than $101
billion in total U.S. aid to Israel
Previous Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) phased out
economic aid and increased
military aid between FY1999-2008
Current MOU to increase military
aid to $30 billion from FY2009-
2018, average increase of 25%
President’s FY2010 budget
request for $2.775 billion in FMF

3. ARMS TRANSFERS TO ISRAEL
DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
Jebalya Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip after
September-October 2004 attack by Israel.
Foreign Military Sales (FMS):
$25,203,000,000
Direct Commercial Sales (DCS):
$6,161,109,945
Excess Defense Articles (EDA):
$36,048,510
Total: $31,400,158,455

4. FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS)
Air
Missiles,
Munitions
Naval
Design
Vehicles
Miscellaneous
Air, $19.81 billion: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, C-130J-30 Aircraft, JP-8 Aviation Jet Fuel, T-6A Texan Aircraft
Missiles & Munitions, $2.726 billion: GBU-28 & 39 Small Diameter Bombs, TOW, Hellfire, Bunker Defeat Munitions,
AMRAAM, Harpoon, Sidewinder, JDAM’s, MK-80 series
Naval, $1.9 billion: Littoral Combat Ships
Design, $350 million: Construction of infantry bases
Vehicles, $16million: Troop carrier armored vehicles, Trucks 4
Miscellaneous, $253 million: Patriot Missile Upgrade, M72A7 Light Anti-Armor Weapons

5. DIRECT COMMERCIAL SALES (DCS)
Top Ten Categories, FY2001-2006
1. Aircraft spare parts, $557,895,988
2. Missile spare parts, $448,435,429
3. Engine jet F-100 spare parts, $439,172,281
4. Engine jet F-100 series (F-15, F-16), $254,240,643
5. Aircraft fighter, F-16 spare parts, $209,766,607
6. Ship components and spare parts, $197,708,382
7. Aircraft fighter, F-15 spare parts, $186,171,596
8. Electronics components and spare parts, $163,279,072
9. Ammunition raw materials, $127,709,376
10.Training equipment, $120,028,890

6. EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES (EDA)
Cobra
Helicopters
Personnel
Carriers
Carrier
Command Post
Miscellaneous

7. PALESTINIAN CIVILIAN FATALITIES
From January 2001-
November 2008, Israel
killed 2,086 Palestinian
civilians not taking part in
hostilities, of whom 723
were children under 18.
Data taken from
B’tselem: The Israeli
Information Center for
Human Rights in the
Occupied Territories.

8. PALESTINIAN CIVILIAN FATALITIES
Gunfire
Helicopter
Tank
Fighter Jet
House Demolition
Explosion
APC
Miscellaneous
Gunfire: Bullets, Fletchettes, Grenades, Live Ammo, Missiles, Rubber-Coated Bullets, Shells Total: 1,232 Children: 425
Helicopter: Missiles, Other Total: 458 Children: 134
Tank: Bullets, Fletchettes, Live Ammo, Missiles, Shells, Other Total: 275 Children: 121
Fighter Jet: Bombs, Missiles, Other Total: 28 Children: 16
House Demolition: Bombs, Other Total: 21 Children: 7
Explosion: Bombs, Booby-Trapped Cars, Shells Total: 7 Children: 6
Miscellaneous: Beatings, Fires, Hit by Vehicles, Shelling, Tear Gas, Other Total: 60 Children: 11
Armored Personnel Carriers: Live Ammo, Other Total: 5 Children: 3

9. ‘OPERATION CAST LEAD’, DEC. 2008-JAN. 2009
More than 1,300 Palestinians killed
More than 5,500 Palestinians injured
UN and medical sources estimate at least half of
casualties are civilians
4,000 buildings destroyed, $2 billion in damage to
civilian infrastructure
U.S. Weapons Used by Israel
•F-16 and Apache helicopter gunships
More than $300 million in spare parts (2001-2006)
•JP-8 Aviation Jet Fuel
186 million gallons in July 2008
•Naval combat ships
$1.9 billion in littoral combat ships in July 2008
•TOW, Hellfire, “bunker buster missiles”
$1.3 billion deal with Raytheon in October 2007
•GBU-39 small diameter bombs
$77 million deal with Boeing in September 2008
•Tanks, APCs, Vehicles, Night-Vision Goggles
$450 million since 2001
•M825A1155mm white phosphorous shells

10. U.S. LAWS GOVERNING ARMS TRANSFERS
Arms Export Control Act (P.L.80-829): Weapons are
limited to “internal security” and “legitimate self-defense”
only.
Foreign Assistance Act (P.L.97-195): “No assistance
may be provided…to the government of any country
which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations
of internationally recognized human rights.”
“Leahy Law” (Foreign Ops Appropriations Act): No aid to
“any unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the
Secretary of State has credible evidence that such unit
has committed gross violations of human rights.”

11. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Future military aid to Israel should be considered from moral,
legal, and political perspectives. Is Israel using U.S. weapons for
“legitimate self-defense”? Why should U.S. taxpayers be complicit
in the deaths of Palestinian civilians? How do these arms transfers
promote a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians?
2. Israel must be held accountable for its violations of the Arms
Export Control Act. Congress must adhere to the provisions of
the laws it enacts. Members of Congress should support Rep.
Kucinich’s demand for a State Department investigation and make
sure it is done completely and accurately.
3. Congress must condition future appropriations to protect
innocent Palestinians from being killed by U.S. weapons.
FY2010 Foreign Operations appropriations bill should include loan
guarantee language. Funds appropriated may be used "only to
support activities in the geographic areas which were subject to the
administration of the Government of Israel before June 5, 1967."

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