How Much Money Does The US Give To Israel?
In 2024 alone, the federal U.S. government sent Israel at least $17.9 billion in military financing to mass murder the Palestinian people. With our tax dollars, Israel wiped out an estimated hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.
We’re all paying the price of this genocide—with our tax dollars. Find out how much money people in your city are forced to pay, and what could be funded instead. Use our interactive map to look up your city or state.
Read more about this map on the Not My Tax Dollars website, including the methodology behind it.
How to Use the U.S. Military Funding to Israel Map
First, type in your city or state. When you do, you’ll see the total estimated funds the U.S. government sends to the Israeli military from taxpayers in your area, through federal tax dollars. The graphic will also update, showing what needs could be funded for your local community instead. Imagine what your community would look like if the U.S. government funded healthcare, education, and housing instead of systems of violence.
To share on social media, click “Take Action” and then “Share Now.” A copy of this graphic will be downloaded as an image on your computer, which you can then post on social media. Share the graphic for your city or state with the hashtag #StopArmingIsrael.
For example, here’s what the graphic for Washington DC looks like:
Learn more about USCPR’s long-term campaign to end U.S. military funding to Israel.
FAQ’s About U.S. Funding Israel
Why Does The U.S. Fund Israel’s Military?
Capitalism is a big reason the U.S. funds Israel’s military. The profit margins are steep for stealing land and manufacturing, testing, and selling the weapons Israel uses to mass murder Palestinians.
Instead of representing and protecting the people, the U.S. funds Israel’s military as a cover for the weapons industry’s massive profits. Israel tests out new weapons on Palestinian people, which allows companies like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Northrup Grumman to advertise their surveillance and war tech as “field tested.” The war industry then sells these weapons to the U.S. government, oftentimes to use against its own citizens.
In short, American taxpayers are forced to pay their own money so that war and prison CEOs can profit. Like Palestinians, Americans are also disposable to corporations and the ruling class.
Does the US Give Israel Weapons For Free?
The “military aid” that the U.S. gives Israel is effectively a free gift card to buy from U.S. arms manufacturers. Our tax dollars are guaranteed to return to the pockets of Raytheon, Northrup Grumman and Lockheed Martin CEOs and genocide profiteers. Up to 78% of arms sales to Israel come from U.S. taxpayers.
Check out this map on our Not My Tax Dollars website
Not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Israel’s crimes! Now you can easily share this interactive map on our new website at NotMyTaxDollars.org.
Take Action to #StopArmingIsrael
The average individual taxpayer gives $25.25 in weapons to Israel each year.
You can offset your share by giving $25.25 today to help us continue mobilizing to end U.S. military funding of Israel’s violence against the Palestinian people.
Tell your members of Congress to end U.S. military funding to Israel!
The weapons Israel uses to kill Palestinian people are funded by our tax dollars. Demand your representative take action to end U.S. military funding to Israel.
A special thanks to former Government Affairs Fellow Casey Paskus and BDSList.org for their invaluable assistance in creating this resource. Interested in how we get these numbers? See our methodology.