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Trump’s Statement on Ending Israel’s Military Aid by Year’s End Aligns With Netanyahu Push for Deeper Military Integration (news.antiwar.com)
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President Trump claimed on Tuesday that he will end the nearly $4 billion in military aid Israel receives from the US each year at the end of 2026, a statement that aligns with a plan backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to further integrate the US and Israeli militaries. “Now, as far as paying […]

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Trump’s Statement on Ending Israel’s Military Aid by Year’s End Aligns With Netanyahu Push for Deeper Military Integration (news.antiwar.com)
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The purpose of the Netanyahu-backed plan to further merge the US and Israeli militaries is to remove public-facing military aid to reduce criticism of the US-Israel relationship and to make whatever aid and support Israel receives from the US under the new arrangement much less transparent. Netanyahu has previously described it as a shift in "the framework for US-Israel defense cooperation from aid to partnership," though so far he hasn't confirmed that he and Trump agreed to end the aid by 2027.

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