World Raps Aid to Israel, but Does Colombia Receive Same from U.S.?

According to a recent CNN report, billions of our U.S. taxpayer dollars are being given annually to Colombia to fund its security forces — covering counter-narcotics programs, police training, and military operations.

For years, this fact remained largely unknown to the public.

Now, President Donald Trump has brought this issue to light, calling for an end to what he described as unchecked and misdirected aid.

His decision raises an important question: why are billions flowing to a nation still plagued by corruption and cartels, while America's closest democratic ally, Israel, receives just a fraction — and gives back exponentially more in defense, innovation, and global security?

While critics fixate on Israel'`s aid package of roughly $2 billion, they ignore the extraordinary return on that investment.

For example, Israel’s most recent achievement that we know about is a laser-based air-defense system capable of intercepting drones, rockets, and missiles with pinpoint accuracy — a historic leap forward in military technology.

This breakthrough will save billions of dollars in ammunition costs and protect civilian populations with unmatched precision.

It's a true game-changer for both Israel and the U.S. military, redefining modern defense and dramatically reducing collateral damage.

Israel doesn’t just receive aid — it transforms it into innovation that benefits every democracy on earth for pennies on the dollar and is underpaid for its services and not given anything for free from the U.S.

When Iran’s nuclear program reached a critical point, it was Israel that took the lead.

Israeli forces struck deep into Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, destroying its air-defense and command systems — clearing the skies that the U.S. would later fly over.

While others hesitated, Israel acted, carrying the burden of protecting the free world from a regime that has long declared America the "Big Satan" and Israel the "Little Satan."

When Hamas, Iran’s proxy, unleashed waves of terror, it was again Israel that stood between civilization and barbarism.

Every time Israel neutralizes Hamas's rockets or tunnels, it is fighting a war that protects not only its own people but the stability of the West itself.

And when Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked global shipping routes, threatening to paralyze world trade, Israel once again took physical action — defending the waterways and protecting the economies of countless nations.

Yet despite these acts of global service, Israel is met not with thanks but with international arrest warrants for its leaders.

It's a moral inversion — punishing those who protect the world and excusing those who endanger it.

Meanwhile, Colombia, despite its ongoing corruption and instability, receives billions more in U.S. aid without scrutiny or protest.

No outrage. No condemnations. No accountability.

When Israel defends itself from Hamas, the world demands restraint.

But when billions quietly fund unstable or abusive regimes, the silence is deafening.

This isn't about money — it’s about values.

Israel, a thriving democracy and America's most reliable ally in the Mideast, is treated as a burden while others are rewarded for failure.

U.S. assistance to Israel is not charity — it's a strategic investment in shared defense, innovation, and freedom.

Every dollar yields dividends in intelligence, technology, and stability.

Israel doesn't drain America — it strengthens it.

Israel doesn’t destabilize the world — it protects it.

And Israel doesn’t ask for gratitude — but it deserves, at the very least, respect.

The world may one day realize if it decides to open its eyes that Israel's courage and innovation have safeguarded not only its people — but the very foundations of peace and freedom.

Duvi Honig is founder and CEO of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, a global umbrella of businesses of all sizes, bridging the highest echelons of the business and governmental worlds together, stimulating economic opportunity and positively affecting governments' public policies. His work has been recognized by both Presidents Obama and Trump. Read Duvi Honig's Reports — More Here.