It\u2019s tax season again. How about a little accounting?<\/p>\n
Every year, Washington sends\u00a0$3.1 billion<\/a>\u00a0of taxpayers\u2019 hard-earned money to Israel. It\u2019s only fair to ask what Americans are getting in return.<\/p>\n That seems especially appropriate now.<\/p>\n Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is busy badmouthing the tentative nuclear deal with Iran, a major diplomatic achievement for the United States. And a few weeks ago, he declared his opposition to a Palestinian state, a longstanding U.S. priority.<\/p>\n Bibi has tried hard to sabotage President Barack Obama\u2019s efforts to head off another Middle East war. He didn\u2019t just give a speech to Congress against the negotiations. According to a\u00a0Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em>report, Israel also\u00a0spied on the nuclear talks<\/a>\u00a0and spoon-fed bits of out-of-context innuendo to Obama\u2019s GOP foes.<\/p>\n