Data Shows Israel Gets 99% of Its Weapons From the US and Germany
Amid growing calls for the US to stop arming Israel, data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has shown that Israel gets 99% of its arms from the US and Germany, The Times of Israel reported on Monday.
The SIPRI report said that from 2019-2023, the “USA accounted for 69% and Germany for 30% of Israeli arms imports.” The report said that imported weapons, particularly combat aircraft received from the US, have “played a major role in Israel’s military actions against Hamas and Hezbollah.”
The US provides Israel with $3.8 billion in annual military aid and ramped up weapons deliveries in the wake of October 7 to support the brutal campaign in Gaza, which has killed over 32,000 Palestinians. The Biden administration approved over 100 arms deals for Israel since October and kept the shipments out of the public eye by keeping them under the threshold needed to notify Congress.
