Israel – The IDF is soon to purchase 2,500 Hummer vehicles, trucks and other equipment from the United States military, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday.
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Top IDF officials have recently travelled to the US and reached a preliminary agreement on the deal, which includes gear used during US engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Defense establishment sources noted Saturday that the purchase is worthwhile for Israel, as the payment for the gear would be taken out of the military aid provided by the US to the Jewish state.
If the deal goes through, the reportedly low-mileage Hummers and trucks will arrive in Israel and undergo testing before being stored away in the IDF’s emergency warehouses.
I assume the US benefits by saving the cost of shipping all of this surplus equiptment back to the US from Iraq.
“If the deal goes through, the reportedly low-mileage Hummers and trucks will arrive in Israel”
Does this imply that these are used vehicles?
Bad deal! The Israelis are being suckered!
Hummer is no longer being manufactured so pretty quickly the parts for maintenance will become scarce.
Why should we have to buy these things from the USA?
Where are all geniuses and brilliant people (Yiddishe Kep)?
Nobody in Israel wants to work, that’s why there is Aniyus.
I get the feeling, that many protesters are protesting, because they are really angry at themselves, sitting around all day, and not using there God given potential.
The correct name is HUMVEE not hummer. The hummer is a “want to be ” cool looking jeep that can’t really go off road. The HUMVEE is the real military vehicle that is unstoppable.
The UK has stopped using Humvees because they are unstable and tend to flip over. Trust the Israelis suckers to buy this grabage.With friends like the US who needs enemies?
Can I buy a military-surplus Hummer? I need something to navigate the brutal potholes of New York City.
An overlooked condition is that, as the recipient of large amounts of U.S. aid money, particularly for defense, Israel spends those dollars on U.S. defense goods, like F-16s, M109A6 self-propelled guns and trucks and Humvees.