[andyjohnson0]

According to Businessweek [1] in 2012, the Israeli defence budget was approx. $15 billion per year and US military aid was $3.07 billion per year.

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-much-america-really...

[Bitcoin_McPonzi]

For some reason, the Powers that Be at YCombinator allow unabated criticism of Israel, even if it's based on completely made-up facts.

[zingmars]

I have enough trust in the HN community that they would be able to call out falsehoods and downvote comments that are factually incorrect.

Why would the moderators get involved anyway? Should they also moderate criticism of Russia whether right or wrong? of North Korea?

[forapurpose]

> unabated criticism of Israel, even if it's based on completely made-up facts.

How is it criticism? Which facts were made up?

[cryoshon]

get over it? it isn't their job to 1. have encyclopedic knowledge of a small and belligerent country and then 2. enforce others to the same standard. no country gets that treatment here.