What separates Israel from all other aid recipients is that it produces military gear that is sometimes adopted back in the USA.

True. Israel does sell back its own innovations, and both parties do benefit from this, and that’s a fair point.

In terms of the one-way nature of the aid, that isn’t wholly true. What separates Israel from all other aid recipients is that it produces military gear that is sometimes adopted back in the USA. The helmet sights in almost every US fighter are an Israeli partnership, the LITENING targeting pods, the explosive-reactive armor that protects tanks and APCs, etc. The “company store” aid process made it easy to set up production in the USA anyway via partnerships, explicitly so Israel can sometimes buy its own tech with “company store money.” Once there, it isn’t much of a stretch to just sell from those American production facilities to the USA as well.

All that being said, a more conventional process for this would benefit all parties.