US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, November 3, that he had decided to stop providing military aid to Israel after the end of this year. He said the country no longer needed the assistance and was fully capable of buying weapons itself.
Trump added that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had already reached an agreement: the United States would stop providing money to Israel at the end of the year, but would remain ready to help if Israel needed essential assistance.
Under the current US–Israel security assistance agreement, the United States is to provide approximately $3.8 billion each year through 2028. Netanyahu has previously said he wants to gradually reduce Israel’s dependence on US military aid. However, the precise timing and terms of changes to the agreement have not yet been detailed in the remarks.
Israel has received more cumulative US aid than any other country since its establishment. In the first two years after the October 7, 2023 attacks, the United States spent at least $21.7 billion on military aid to Israel. The attacks triggered the war in Gaza, with the conflict subsequently extending to joint US–Israeli strikes against Iran. By: Rithy.
