A reminder Israel has both universal healthcare and tuition free university...and voted yesterday to give $255 million to ultra-Orthodox programs and institutions, including yeshivas...that actually refuse to engage in military conscription...
Ah, reminds of old Soviet joke/song. "if no water is in tap, then the Jews drunk it".
Scapegoating is a trait of weak minded.
inaros•49m ago
Ah yes...the criticizing Israel is antisemitic argument...
"I stand behind the Israeli soldiers; whether there are children or women, it doesn't matter to me if there is damage. There are no innocent civilians in Jenin" - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWWUmuFDgqP/
myth_drannon•38m ago
the OP wrote that the money went to Israel instead of the American healthcare system. The argument is old, like 1500 years old, "of course the jews stole it!"
Canadian health care system is garbage, but at least we don't blame jews for that (for now).
ohhman11•46m ago
There would be no public education nor healthcare in Israel without US money.
myth_drannon•43m ago
Israel has had public education and public healthcare forever, even going back when US had no colored and jews signs in their public spaces.
ceejayoz•41m ago
> Israel has had public education and public healthcare forever…
This also applies to US aid.
myth_drannon•23m ago
Nope, Israel had it much earlier.
ceejayoz•22m ago
Israel, the nation state, came into being in 1948, with the explicit financial and military aid of the United States to do so. It has had American support since within hours of its founding.
"At the end of 1948, 53% of Israel's Jewish population was insured, about 80% of them by Clalit, with a few small health funds insuring the remainder. In the following years, Israel's healthcare system was expanded, and within a decade, about 90% were insured."
Universal healthcare became a thing in 1995, it seems.
ceejayoz•51m ago
> Is it ok now to call the US electorate suckers?
I don't think you have to wait for 2026 on that one.
algo_trader•21m ago
> Israel has both universal healthcare and tuition free university
This is both wrong and off topic.
Israel health care is funded by a 5% additional income tax tier. non working people pay a significant fixed annual fee.
University is not free. $5K for the public institutions - which have limited admissions. $10K for many of the spill over private institutions.
inaros•57m ago
"US Republicans consider health care cuts to fund Iran war" - https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-republicans-consider-he...
A reminder Israel has both universal healthcare and tuition free university...and voted yesterday to give $255 million to ultra-Orthodox programs and institutions, including yeshivas...that actually refuse to engage in military conscription...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/opposition-mks-voted-to-alloca...
myth_drannon•51m ago
Scapegoating is a trait of weak minded.
inaros•49m ago
"I stand behind the Israeli soldiers; whether there are children or women, it doesn't matter to me if there is damage. There are no innocent civilians in Jenin" - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWWUmuFDgqP/
myth_drannon•38m ago
ohhman11•46m ago
myth_drannon•43m ago
ceejayoz•41m ago
This also applies to US aid.
myth_drannon•23m ago
ceejayoz•22m ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Israel#State_of_...
"At the end of 1948, 53% of Israel's Jewish population was insured, about 80% of them by Clalit, with a few small health funds insuring the remainder. In the following years, Israel's healthcare system was expanded, and within a decade, about 90% were insured."
Universal healthcare became a thing in 1995, it seems.
ceejayoz•51m ago
I don't think you have to wait for 2026 on that one.
algo_trader•21m ago
This is both wrong and off topic.
Israel health care is funded by a 5% additional income tax tier. non working people pay a significant fixed annual fee.
University is not free. $5K for the public institutions - which have limited admissions. $10K for many of the spill over private institutions.
Now - about those space lasers ....