21. How does the "Holocaust" story benefit the Jews
today?
This argument borders on insanity. The US was one of the leading
forces in exposing the Holocaust. Did the US invent the Holocaust, so
it could later give Israel money?
How about the former Soviet Union? Holocaust-deniers claim that most
of the supposedly-forged Holocaust evidence was forged there. One of
their more popular books is Porter's The Holocaust: Made in
Russia. Yet the Soviet Union was traditionally the enemy of Israel,
supporting and arming its enemies.
And who says the memory of the Holocaust is the reason the US gives
money to Israel? There were -- and still are -- important strategic
reasons for the US to support Israel and to lend its even greater
support to Egypt.
Finally, where does the $10 billion per year figure come from? This
is a vast exaggeration, as may be seen in the following tables:
| Year
|
Aid to Israel
|
Aid to Egypt
|
|
|
In Billions
|
In Billions
|
| 1988
|
$1.831
|
$3.480
|
| 1989
|
1.902
|
2.085
|
| 1990
|
4.377
|
4.977
|
| 1991
|
2.028
|
2.478
|
| 1992
|
4.746
|
2.539
|
| 1993
|
2.886
|
2.734
|
| Total (Six Years)
|
$17.770
|
$18.293
|
|
Source: Readers Digest Almanac and Yearbook (Egypt was the largest
recipient during that period, with Israel second.)
|
| Total funds given to Israel, 1945 to 1984, in billions
|
Grants | $13.751 |
Loans | $11.756 |
Loans still owed | $9.360 |
The totally-baseless $10 billion figure has been quietly removed from
the revised "66 Q&A." The insulting comment about how the
Jews are controlled by their leaders was also struck out. The even-more
insulting sarcastic comment about how the Jews "do suffer" is
apparently thanks to
Ernst Zündel.
