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Originally Posted by Team Brian GB
The last figure I saw was that 25% of the Israeli defence budget came from Washington, that is too much to simply buy from a cheaper source- just the threat of it would make Israel more willing to do a deal, but alas Congress would never allow it.
For far too long we have been giving Israel the carrot but not the stick.
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The carrot and stick analogy doesn't really work, since the military aid isn't intended to persuade Israel to talk peace, it's for defence.
Pulling it would certainly add pressure to come to a deal, on the other hand it would allow the right wing to easily create a state of panic, which is exactly what it would do, the upshot would be the political undermining of the peace lobby, not a good idea.