I don't think this can be said enough and judging from this story people don't seem to get it yet but let's give it another whirl: National rights and customs do not transfer with an individual.
US Aid to Israel $3B
TSA Budget: $8B
2012 Drone Budget (non-black) $5B
2013 Drug War $25.6BBut it doesn't work that way either, since US military support sent to Israel also comes back to purchase US weapons.
Yet another way to think of it is that Israel's military budget is $13 billion and revenue is $61 billion, so we pay for about 25% of their military funding and 5% of their total budget. Or another is that our $3 billion is about 1.2% of their $235 billion GDP.
But it doesn't work that way either, since we support Israel for geopolitical reasons, and for reasons specific to US internal politics, and therefore get other things from our support.
In any case, simply comparing the US aid to Israel with the amount we spend on other projects trivializes the matter. I believe moistgorilla was asking why our many years of significant contribution to their budget doesn't give US citizens special leeway when entering Israel, rather like how citizens of Poland complain how despite having provided material support to the war effort in Iraq they still aren't part of the US Visa Waiver program, or how Iraqi interpreters are still waiting for the US visas they were promised.
It's not that I am practically funding these practices, it is that I am funding these practices.
It's also arguable that the example here, of a sovereign nation turning away a tourist is any sort of example of hate culture.
And the argument that if any country takes our aid then they have to live up to our laws and expectations in each and every case is neither realistic, nor always helpful, nor does it seem to lead to ends that we want.
Thank you for your clarification. But then I don't understand why the TSA is listed there. While I am opposed to it in part because it does not add any extra security, I am not aware of any "hate crime" influence in its operations.