# Discussion thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel thread, October 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** israel-hamas-war\ **Created:** [October 9, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317 "2023-10-09T15:10:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2712
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317/2712 "2023-12-19T01:45:08Z")
Several posts moved to a new thread > [@US support of Israel (from Hamas war discussion thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-support-of-israel-from-hamas-war-discussion-thread/994802): > > I’m not 100% clear on where you going with that comment, besides there being a lot of Nazi references being dropped in here recently. That still doesn’t answer my question - why should the US be paying over $3.3 billion a year to support Israel? And that is before any extra war costs get tossed in by Congress in the next few weeks. What am I getting out of this deal? When we aren’t pouring money into either Afghanistan or now Ukraine, Israel is the #1 recipient of US foreign aid, getting 11% of… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317)._