"Israel is not economically self-sufficient, and relies on foreign assistance and borrowing to maintain its economy. In addition to U.S. assistance, it is estimated that Israel receives about $1 billion annually through philanthropy, an equal amount through short- and long- term commercial loans, and around $1 billion in Israel Bonds proceeds. Since 1985, the United States has provided $3 billion in grants annually to Israel. Since 1976, Israel has been the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance, and is the largest cumulative recipient since World War II.

U.S. aid to Israel has some unique aspects, such as loans with repayment waived, or a pledge to provide Israel with economic assistance equal to the amount Israel owes the United States for previous loans. Israel also receives special benefits that may not be available to other countries, such as the use of U.S. military assistance for research and development in the United States, the use of U.S. military assistance for military purchases in Israel, or receiving all its assistance in the first 30 days of the fiscal year rather than in 3 or 4 installments as other countries do.

In addition to the foreign assistance, the United States has provided Israel with $625 million to develop and deploy the Arrow antimissile missile (an ongoing project), $1.3 billion to develop the Lavi aircraft (cancelled), $200 million to develop the Merkava tank (operative), $130 million to develop the high energy laser anti-missile system (ongoing), and other military projects. In FY2000 the United States provided Israel an additional $1.2 billion to fund the Wye agreement, and in FY2002 the United States provided an additional $200 million in anti-terror assistance. For FY2003, the Administration requested $600 million in economic, $2.1 billion in military, and $60 million in migration resettlement assistance. For FY2004, the Administration requested $480 million in economic, $2.16 billion in military, and $50 million in migration resettlement assistance."

Oct. 3, 2003 - Congressional Research Service (CRS) 

"For strategic security and diplomatic support, Israel has depended almost totally upon the United States. Since the establishment of the state in 1948, the United States has expressed its commitment to Israel's security and well-being and has devoted a considerable share of its world-wide economic and security assistance to Israel. Large-scale American military and economic assistance began during the October 1973 War, with a massive American airlift of vital military matériel to Israel at the height of the war. From 1948 through 1985, the United States provided Israel with US$10 billion in economic assistance and US$21 billion in military assistance, 60 percent of which was in the form of grants. From 1986 through 1988, total United States economic and military assistance to Israel averaged more than US$3 billion a year, making Israel the largest recipient of United States aid. Of the annual total, about US$1.8 billion was in Foreign Military Sales credits, and about US$1.2 billion was in economic assistance."

1988 - Country Studies / Area Handbooks Program 

"Economic aid - recipient: $662 Million from US (2003 est.)" "This entry [economic aid estimate], which is subject to major problems of definition and statistical coverage, refers to the net inflow of Official Development Finance (ODF) to recipient countries. The figure includes assistance from the World Bank, the IMF, and other international organizations and from individual nation donors. Formal commitments of aid are included in the data. Omitted from the data are grants by private organizations. Aid comes in various forms including outright grants and loans. The entry thus is the difference between new inflows and repayments. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms."

Sep. 27, 2006 - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - The World Factbook 

							Export- Import	Jewish Refugee	Housing	American Schools &		Cooperative
		Military		Economic		Food for Peace		Bank	Resettlement	Loan	Hospitals	Other	Development	Other
Year	Total	Loan	Grant	Loan	Grant	Loan	Grant	Loan	Grant	Guarantee	Grant	Loan	Grant	Grant
1949	100.0							100.0
1950
1951	35.1				0.1			35.0
1952	86.4				63.7		22.7
1953	73.6				73.6		*
1954	74.7				54.0		20.7
1955	52.7			20.0	21.5	10.8	0.4
1956	50.8			10.0	14.0	25.2	1.6
1957	40.9			10.0	16.8	11.8	2.3
1958	85.4			15.0	9.0	34.9	2.3	24.2
1959	53.3	0.4		10.0	9.2	29.0	1.7	3.0
1960	56.2	0.5		15.0	8.9	26.8	4.5	0.5
1961	77.9	*		16.0	8.5	13.8	9.8	29.8
1962	93.4	13.2		45.0	0.4	18.5	6.8	9.5
1963	87.9	13.3		45.0		12.4	6.0	11.2
1964	37.0			20.0		12.2	4.8
1965	65.1	12.9		20.0		23.9	4.9	3.4
1966	126.8	90.0		10.0		25.9	0.9
1967	23.7	7.0		5.5			0.6	9.6			1.0
1968	106.5	25.0				51.3	0.5	23.7			6.0
1969	160.3	85.0				36.1	0.6	38.6
1970	93.6	30.0				40.7	0.4	10.0			12.5
1971	634.3	545.0				55.5	0.3	31.0			2.5
1972	480.9	300.0			50.0	53.8	0.4	21.1		50.0	5.6
1973	492.8	307.5			50.0	59.4	0.4	21.1	50.0		4.4
1974	2,646.3	982.7	1,500.0		50.0		1.5	47.3	36.5	25.0	3.3
1975	823.0	200.0	100.0		344.5	8.6		62.4	40.0	25.0	2.5			20.0***
1976	2,362.7	750.0	750.0	225.0	475.0	14.4	*	104.7	15.0	25.0	3.6
TQ	292.5	100.0	100.0	25.0	50.0	3.6		12.6			1.3
1977	1,787.5	500.0	500.0	245.0	490.0	7.0		0.9	15.0	25.0	4.6
1978	1,822.6	500.0	500.0	260.0	525.0	6.8		5.4	20.0		5.4
1979	4,913.0	2,700.0	1,300.0	260.0	525.0	5.1		68.7	25.0	25.0	4.2
1980	2,146.0	500.0	500.0	260.0	525.0	1.0		305.9	25.0	25.0	4.1
1981	2,413.4	900.0	500.0		764.0			217.4	25.0		2.0		5.0
1982	2,268.0	850.0	550.0		806.0			6.5	12.5		3.0	17.5**	5.0
1983	2,505.6	950.0	750.0		785.0				12.5		3.1		5.0
1984	2,631.6	850.0	850.0		910.0				12.5		4.1		5.0
1985	3,376.7		1,400.0		1,950.0				15.0		4.7		7.0
1986	3,663.5		1,722.6		1,898.4			15.0	12.0		5.5		10.0
1987	3,040.2		1,800.0		1,200.0				25.0		5.2		10.0
1988	3,043.4		1,800.0		1,200.0				25.0		4.9		13.5
1989	3,045.6		1,800.0		1,200.0				28.0		6.9		10.7
1990	3,434.9		1,792.3		1,194.8				29.9	400.0	3.5		14.4
1991	3,712.3		1,800.0		1,850.0				45.0		2.6		14.7
1992	3,100.0		1,800.0		1,200.0				80.0		3.5		16.5
1993	3,103.4		1,800.0		1,200.0				80.0		2.5		20.9
1994	3,097.2		1,800.0		1,200.0				80.0		2.7		14.5
1995	3,102.4		1,800.0		1,200.0				80.0		2.9		19.5
1996	3,147.3		1,800.0		1,200.0				80.0		3.3		14.0	50.0
1997	3,132.1		1,800.0		1,200.0				80.0		2.1			50.0
1998	3,080.0		1,800.0		1,200.0				80.0
1999	3,010.0		1,860.0		1,080.0				70.0
2000	4,129.1		3,120.0#		949.1@				60.0
2001	2,876.1		1,975.6		838.2				60.0		2.3
2002	2,848.0		2,040.0		720.0				60.0					28.0+
2003 Est	3,742.1		3,086.4		596.1				59.6
2004 Est	2687.3		2147.3		477.20				49.7		3.2			9.9
2005 proposed	2,630.0		2,220.0		360.0				50.0
2006	2,560.0		2,280.0		240.0				40.0
TOTAL	99,325.60	11,212.5	51,344.20	1,516.5	30,783.00	588.5	94.1	1,218.5	1,478.20	600.0	129	17.5	185.7	157.9

* = Less than $100,000
** = CCC Loan
*** = Desalt Plant
+Israel received an additional $28 million in counter terror funds in 2002
# = Includes $1.92 billion in regular military assistance and $1.2 billion for implementation of the Wye Agreement
@ = ESF was earmarked for $960 millon for FY2000 but was reduced to meet the 0.38% recision
## = Money for counterterrorism that must be spent in U.S.
^ = Congress voted to cut foreign aid across the board by 0.65%
TQ = Transition Quarter, when U.S. fiscal year changed from June to September
Loan guarantees are not considered foreign aid so the $7.9 billion in guarantees have been excluded from this table. This table also excludes funding for certain other projects the CRS does not consider foreign aid, such as the $180 million for the research and development of the Arrow missile

Sep. 28, 2006 - Jewish Virtual Library