Pres. Trump Announces Plan to End $4 Billion in Annual U.S. Aid to Israel by Year’s End
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that Washington will terminate the annual $4 billion security assistance accord with Israel by the end of the year.
- Under a 10-year memorandum signed in 2016, Washington committed $38 billion in military assistance through 2028; Trump claimed he reached an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu months earlier to end the funding.
- Israeli defense and finance officials are assessing the impact, as KAN reported the cutoff could leave a 12 billion shekels annual gap in the defense budget, complicating efforts to replenish military stocks.
- Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot and Yisrael Beytenu party member Avigdor Liberman criticized Netanyahu following the announcement. Liberman stated, 'We can no longer rely on him and must replace him.'
- Trump linked the decision to U.S. domestic politics, citing attacks from Democrats like Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Analysts noted the timing of the announcement remained a critical issue.
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