Israel wants the USA to pay for Gaza pullout - $2.2 BILLION

[Sauron]

It's bad enough that this "pullout" really isn't one at all. Now the US taxpayer has to foot the bill for this little act of window dressing.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/598223.html

Israel to ask U.S. for $2.2 billion in pullout aid
By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent

A delegation of senior Israeli officials that left for Washington over the weekend will ask the American government Monday evening for some $2.2 billion in special aid for the disengagement plan.

The U.S. has already assured Israel in principle that it will provide funding for the military outlays related to the disengagement plan and for developing the Negev and the Galilee, and this week's talks will focus on the details of the aid package, government sources in Jerusalem said Sunday.

About a third of the money would go toward relocating Israel Defense Forces bases from the Gaza Strip to areas within the Green Line, and the rest would go toward developing the Negev and the Galilee. Israel is asking for payments to be spread out over a few years.