Jan 31 2011
Israel Shaken as Turbulence Rocks an Ally
January 30, 2011 New York Times
Dan Schueftan, director of the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa, said thanks to its treaty with Egypt, Israel had reduced its defense expenditure from 23 percent of its gross national product in the 1970s to 9 percent today and made serious cuts in its army.