FuckyWucky [none/use name]

Yea it’s very clear Israel isn’t reliant on US public funds directly. It has a large export surplus with the US, and embedding themselves more directly will raise dependence.

In fact the aid is probably hurting their export competitiveness. This way they can get their currency weaker and make others dependent on them.

Most of the dollars Israel receives is private sector financial wealth.

For all the handwringing from the West abt Chinese “overcapacity”, it is Israel that’s pursuing a neo-mercantilist policy.

Three Gorges Dam

With 34 hydropower turbo-generators, the power station has a total installed capacity of 22.5 gigawatts and a designed annual power generation capacity of 88.2 TWh.

So he wants more than 4 of those