AIPAC Campaign to urge assistance to Israel.
Dear Representative,
I am writing to urge you to support security assistance for Israel.
The security assistance for Israel, expected to be included in the fiscal year
2010 budget, would represent the second year of a new 10-year Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) reached in 2007 by the United States and Israel. The plan
seeks to gradually increase U.S. security assistance to Israel during the next
decade to help the Jewish state face increasing threats — from a potential
nuclear-armed Iran to the increased military capabilities of Hizballah and
Hamas.
Amid such threats, Israel spends more on defense as a percentage of GDP than any
other major industrialized country in the world, and nearly twice as much as the
United States.
The military hardware — including American-built naval vessels and advanced
fighter aircraft — that Israel must acquire over the next decade to maintain its
qualitative military edge are more complex, diverse and expensive than previous
systems.
Both countries have long recognized that their mutual interests in deterring
war, promoting stability and eventually achieving peace are only possible if the
United States continues to ensure Israel’s qualitative military edge over its
potential adversaries.
I respectfully urge you to support this vital security assistance to Israel.