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I can understand the funds for Ukraine 100%. They are fighting a giant aggressor that has superior numbers.
But doesn't Israel have a pretty huge and well equipped army considering their population? Especially compared to Hamas that is a guerrilla force.
Also the fighting is limited to a area that is fenced in by them, Egypt and the Mediterranean. What kind of new military equipment worth 14 billion would be needed?
It's also ironic to support a conflict with 14 billion and on the other side plan 9 billion for humanitarian aid to combat the misery needed because of it.
Maintaining a settler-colonialist state in the face of people who aren't just armed with spears takes a lot of money, I guess.