The Cost of Israel to the American People lobby.”

Financial Costs
Governmental
	Total direct aid and loan guarantees to date		$110 Billion
	Total Interest on above		$45 Billion
	Total		$155 Billion
		(Approximately $25,000 per Israeli)
Private
	Approximately $1 Billion per year
	Negative effect on balance of payments
	Deducted from income taxes and loss to U.S. Treasury
Business
	Arab boycotts of American Products Leading to:
	Loss of $31 billion in exports between 1998 and 2002
	Projected loss of $63 billion through 2007
Incalculable effects
	Increases in the price of oil and 1973 recession.
	Maintaining the 6th fleet in eastern Mediterranean
	Devastation of our original good standing in the Arab world
	Effect of 9/11 and costs, financial and political, of the “War on Terrorism”
	Decline of our International prestige and credibility
Political effects
	Distinguished public servants forced from office by the Israel lobby
	Negative effect on campaign finance reform.
Loss of American Lives
	Attack on American Navy ship USS Liberty by Israeli military forces			34 killed
	Attack on U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut			141 killed
	Loss of American lives in Embassy bombings, skyjacking and assassinations of employees of U. S. companies.

This material has been taken from:
1. The Cost of Israel to the American People Richard Curtiss http://www.alhewar.com/Curtis.hmtl