What aid did the Israeli government extend to the United States after 9/11?
Having a discussion with friends and wondering this, my googling abilities have let me down, because of recent news filling up all the space allotted to appropriate search words.
Can anyone share some links, please?
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I tried the simple search options, and I tried asking “What countries gave aid to the US after 9/11?” Nothing. All the entries that came up were about how foreign aid that the US gives changed after 9/11.
Yeah, it’s, apparently, a tough question.
The thought occurred to me that perhaps foreign governments gave aid directly to New York State. I searched for “Do foreign government give aid directly to individual US states?”, and again the answers were all about aid the US federal government gives out.
When I googled what I wrote above, there are all kinds of links and articles to click on, like for example one from The Heritage Foundation, but I didn’t click on any reports other than the Wiki link (above).
Thanks, guys. My wording must have been too narrow or specific, I didn’t even get the wiki article.
Did any foreign countries offer aid to the us after the attack which was declined by the us?
To piggy back the wiki link, Israel often responds to earthquakes and situations where buildings come down and people are caught under rubble. They have teams highly trained in that. In the wikipedia article it didn’t say if the Israelis actually came to the US. The way I interpreted it, Israel was ready to respond.
First responders realized quickly that there were very few injured or trapped people. My sister had to respond to be at the ER (she’s a nurse and did not work at the hospital, but that is protocol in NYC) and the doctors and nurses within a few hours realized people either got out or died. The worst had happened they weren’t busy at the ER.
Did they send help during Katrina?
The sort of “aid” that Israel provided is probably not the sort of thing that either side will make public for a very long time.
It should also be mentioned that it is known that Mosad (Israeli intelligence) provided the US with a list of nineteen names they believed were planning an attack on the US in August 2001. Not all the names on the list are known but those that are were involved in 9/11.
So, they sent thoughts and prayers?
I think @Lightlyseared got it right. Probably intelligence.
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