{"id":229715,"date":"2026-11-04T09:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T09:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-says-us-will-stop-giving-israel-aid-after-year-end-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T09:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T09:53:18","slug":"trump-says-us-will-stop-giving-israel-aid-after-year-end-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-says-us-will-stop-giving-israel-aid-after-year-end-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US will stop giving Israel aid after year-end – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Military aid to Israel and campaign contributions from Israel\u2019s backers to US candidates have animated political debate.<\/em>
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US President \u2060\u2060Donald \u2060\u2060Trump says he made a deal with \u2060\u2060Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that \u2060\u2060Washington would no longer be providing funding to Israel after the end of this \u200c\u200cyear.
\u201cNow, as far as paying Israel, Bibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal that we give Israel $4bn \u2060\u2060a year, and \u2060\u2060we made a deal months ago that we\u2019re stopping,\u201d Trump told \u2060\u2060Fox News\u2019 Fox and Friends after voting in the midterm elections began.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve \u2060\u2060already agreed that \u2060\u2060by the end of this year we won\u2019t be paying Israel. \u200c\u200cNow, we\u2019ll help Israel if they need it.\u201d
It was not immediately clear what form of aid Trump was discussing.
Trump cited Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a vocal critic of US support for Israel, in his rationale.
\u201cWhy should we suffer the \u2060\u2060slings from lunatics like an El-Sayed when they don\u2019t need it? It\u2019s a bad, it\u2019s a bad talking point,\u201d Trump said, adding that the Israeli prime minister had proactively sought the aid cut-off.
\u201cCan I be honest with you, [Netanyahu] brought it up, he said, \u2018I think it would be appropriate if we do not receive aid\u2019, because he understands this is one of their points of contention.\u201d
The US Department of State did not immediately respond to an Al Jazeera request for comment. There was no confirmation of the move by Israel\u2019s foreign minister or Netanyahu\u2019s office.
\u201cTalk about a November surprise,\u201d said Al Jazeera\u2019s Kimberly Halkett, reporting from the White House, attributing the move to a desire to undercut criticism of US policy towards Israel both from progressive Democrats like El-Sayed and critics from within his own Make America Great Again movement.
\u201cBut there\u2019s a very important distinction to note,\u201d she added. \u201cThe money is appropriated by Congress; Trump can\u2019t end this aid unilaterally. What\u2019s unclear is whether this is a last-minute attempt to get votes or whether or not this could be a tangible change.
The legal and political complexity of cutting off aid to Israel may mean the process could take longer than Trump outlined, according to Thomas Warrick, Director of the Future of DHS Project at the Atlantic Council.
\u201cPresident Trump will probably not cut off US military aid to Israel by the end of 2026,\u201d he told Al Jazeera.
\u201cWhile he and Netanyahu agree that military aid should be phased out, there are several ongoing weapons programmes on missile defence and counter-drone warfare that can\u2019t easily be switched over to a foreign military sales programme,\u201d he added. \u201cSo I expect military assistance will be phased out during 2027. But not by the end of 2026.\u201d
A provision in a bill passed by the House of Representatives<\/a>\u00a0in July tied the US and Israeli militaries far more closely together, deepening cooperation on weapons research, production and technology.
The United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative appeared as Section 219 in the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual US defence policy bill.
It passed in a roughly party-line vote carried by the Republican majority, despite warnings from some voices on both sides of the aisle that it could compromise US sovereignty.
\u201cIf the Senate does not pass the bill \u2013 including the Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative \u2013 during the lame-duck session of Congress, it is less likely that it would pass in the next session if Democrats are in control,\u201d Debra Shushan, senior resident affiliate at Georgetown\u2019s Center for Jewish Civilisation, told Al Jazeera.
\u201cThe proposed US-Israel defence integration measures are highly problematic for a number of reasons. They cede US leverage over Israeli military actions, lack human rights conditions, and lack transparency. In addition, they provide Israel access to the most sensitive US technology,\u201d she added.
Military aid to Israel, and US political campaign contributions from Israel\u2019s backers to candidates, have been a flashpoint for both Democrats and Republicans this year.
US public support for Israel has fallen since Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza began in 2023, especially among Democrats.
A Quinnipiac University poll in June found 48 percent of voters and 66 percent of Democrats believe the US is too supportive of Israel, up from 16 and 20 percent, respectively, when the question was asked in 2017.
Harsh public criticism of Israel by US political leaders in recent years marks a dramatic shift from decades of staunch bipartisan backing.
The US House of Representatives defeated an amendment to cut off aid to Israel in July<\/a>, despite nearly half of Democrats supporting it, reflecting a growing rupture between US progressives and Israel over its war on Gaza.
The House voted 314 to \u200c\u200c104 to defeat the measure, offered as an amendment to a State Department spending bill by outgoing Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, an outspoken Republican critic of US policy in the Middle East.
\u201cAmazing how being on the verge of Republicans getting wiped out in the midterms changes hearts and minds,\u201d another Trump opponent, former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, wrote on X.
\u201cTrump getting permission from Netanyahu to end annual aid to Israel isn\u2019t going to change today\u2019s election results.\u201d<\/p>\n

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