I attach below a new paper by Hillel Frisch, professor of politics and Middle East studies at Bar-Ilan University, and an associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.
American University Professor David Vine deduces that once the real costs are calculated, the largest aid recipient is Japan, where by conservative estimates $27 billion of American government money is spent each year. Germany receives around $21 billion, South Korea $15 billion, and Italy $6 billion.
The per capita numbers are even greater for the small Gulf states of Kuwait and Bahrain, whose American bases are home to over 5,000 US military personnel each.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington later today to meet President Donald Trump and others.
Netanyahu also has many scheduled meetings with leading Democrats as well as Republicans.
After years of being undermined by former president Barack Obama, Netanyahu is once again much sought after by Democratic Senators and congressmen. Leading Democrats have requested so many meetings with the Israeli prime minister that he hasn't got time to fit them all into his schedule.
Netanyahu will begin his trip this evening by dining with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the State Department.
Tomorrow Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Trump and then a host of leading Democrats and Republicans.
Meanwhile, at home, Netanyahu's political opponents on both the left and right are once again gearing up to try and oust him from power, as his Israeli and foreign opponents also launch a PR campaign against him in the American media.