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US to end $4bn annual aid to Israel

Trump said the US will end about $3.8bn in annual military aid to Israel after this year. Israeli officials were surprised and Eisenkot and Lapid blamed Netanyahu. Netanyahu's office now says the move shows the 'strength' of the relationship, shifting from aid to partnership.

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Insider PaperTue 3 Nov · 13:50 UTC

BREAKING: President Trump says US will stop $4 billion aid to Israel

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Friday 6 November

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09:53 UTC· the latest
Netanyahu: end of US aid shows strength of ties
The Prime Minister's Office said moving 'from aid to partnership' shows the strength and sophistication of the Israel-US relationship, Netanyahu's first response.
JerusalemIL
1 sourceHaaretz
- HaaretzRSSFri 6 Nov, 09:53
  Netanyahu says end of U.S. aid shows 'strength' of Israel-U.S. relations in first response 'The move by PM Netanyahu and President Trump from aid to partnership shows the strength and sophistication of our relationship,' the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement
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Wednesday 4 November

1 development

13:38 UTC
El-Sayed welcomes Trump aid cut, urges end to arms sales
Michigan senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed said he agrees with Trump on ending military aid to Israel and called for stopping arms sales too.
1 sourceNPR
- NPRRSSWed 4 Nov, 13:38
  Abdul El-Sayed welcomes Trump's plan to cut Israel aid, calls for end to arms sales Michigan's first Muslim senator-elect, Abdul El-Sayed, discusses his historic victory, an unlikely agreement with Trump on Israel military aid and the political divisions that remain.
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Tuesday 3 November

5 developments

23:55 UTC
Lapid calls US aid cut a severe political failure
Opposition leader Yair Lapid described Trump's announcement ending $4bn in annual military aid as 'one of the most severe political and security failures in the state's history'.
1 sourceAl Jazeera English
- Al Jazeera EnglishXTue 3 Nov, 23:55
  Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has described President Trump’s announcement that the US will cut $4bn of annual military aid to Israel as “one of the most severe political and security failures in the state’s history”. 🔴 LIVE updates:
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17:24 UTC
Israeli ministries say they were surprised by aid announcement
Channel 12 and Walla reported finance ministry officials knew of an intention to end aid but not that it would happen immediately, with no formal document received from the PM's office. Defence officials and the military were also surprised.
2 sourcesMiddle East Eye
- Middle East EyeRSSTue 3 Nov, 17:24
  Report: Israeli finance ministry was unaware of plans to end US military aid Report: Israeli finance ministry was unaware of plans to end US military aid Israel's finance ministry was unaware of any plans to immediately end US military a
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- Middle East EyeRSSTue 3 Nov, 19:32
  More on Israeli officials’ reaction to Trump’s announcement on US aid More on Israeli officials’ reaction to Trump’s announcement on US aid Israeli officials in the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday they were surprised by Trump’s announce
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16:48 UTC
Eisenkot says aid cut shows Netanyahu must be replaced
Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot said Israel's defence establishment learned of the strategic shift through the media, which shows Netanyahu cannot be trusted. Yair Golan, Ro Khanna and others also reacted.
6 sourcesMiddle East Eye, Insider Paper, Al Jazeera English
- Middle East EyeRSSTue 3 Nov, 16:48
  Israel's Eisenkot says US aid cut shows Netanyahu 'must be replaced' Israel's Eisenkot says US aid cut shows Netanyahu 'must be replaced' Israel's opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot said on Tuesday that a phaseout of US aid to the countr
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- Insider PaperTelegramTue 3 Nov, 16:58
  BREAKING - Israel's Eisenkot says US aid cut shows Netanyahu 'must be replaced' READ: Follow @InsiderPaper for more news
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- Al Jazeera EnglishXTue 3 Nov, 17:01
  US Democratic candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier has responded to Trump’s remarks that he will end US military aid to Israel by the end of the year. 🟡 LIVE updates:
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- Al Jazeera EnglishXTue 3 Nov, 17:29
  US Congressman Ro Khanna says President Donald Trump’s claim that he plans to stop providing billions of dollars in assistance annually to Israel shows he is “desperate to stave off a Blue tsunami”. 🟡 LIVE updates:
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- Al Jazeera EnglishXTue 3 Nov, 18:31
  Gadi Eisenkot, who leads Israel’s main opposition bloc seeking to replace Netanyahu’s governing coalition, says that Israel’s security establishment learned about Trump’s plan to slash aid to Israel through the media. 🔴 LIVE updates:
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- Al Jazeera EnglishXTue 3 Nov, 19:23
  Israel’s The Democrats party leader Yair Golan has ridiculed Prime Minister Netanyahu after President Trump said $4bn in aid each year to its ally is now halted. 🔴 LIVE updates:
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16:01 UTC
Trump says US will end military aid to Israel this year
In a Fox News phone interview Trump said he agreed with Netanyahu to stop the roughly $3.8bn annual security assistance after this year. Critics said the timing targeted voters sceptical of Israel aid.
5 sourcesFrance 24, The Guardian · World, Haaretz, Bloomberg, The Hindu
- France 24RSSTue 3 Nov, 16:01
  Trump cuts Israeli military aid: $3.8 billion in security assistance slashed US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, November 3, said he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Washington to stop providing $3.8 billion in funding to Israel after the end of t
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- The Guardian · WorldRSSTue 3 Nov, 17:17
  Trump says US will end military aid to Israel by the end of this year US president makes surprise election day announcement, saying country does not ‘need’ $4bn annual paymentDonald Trump has said that the US will end military aid to Israel at the end of this year in a surprise
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- HaaretzRSSTue 3 Nov, 17:25
  Why Trump's pledge to end U.S. military aid to Israel suits Netanyahu The cutoff comes years sooner than Netanyahu proposed, but it fits his vision of a 'Super Sparta' Israel – one that buys its own weapons and develops new ones in partnership with the United States
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- BloombergBlueskyTue 3 Nov, 17:30
  President Donald Trump said he had an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the US to cut off $4 billion in aid by the end of the year. President Donald Trump said he had an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut off $4 billion in
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- The HinduRSSTue 3 Nov, 19:10
  Trump says U.S. cutting $3.8 billion annual security assistance to Israel Donald Trump said Israel was “fine” with him ending the assistance, which began in 2019 and was signed under his predecessor, Barack Obama, three years earlier
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12:46 UTC
Trump says US will end $4bn annual aid to Israel
Trump said he and Netanyahu agreed months ago that US payments of $4bn a year would stop after this year, while arms sales and defence cooperation continue.
9 sourcesFox News, Haaretz, Al Jazeera, Insider Paper, Al Jazeera English, Associated Press, France 24, The Times of Israel, Middle East Eye
- Fox NewsRSSTue 3 Nov, 12:46
  Trump says Israel will stop receiving $4B in US aid by year's end, can still buy weapons
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- HaaretzRSSTue 3 Nov, 13:29
  Trump says U.S. will end annual aid to Israel by year's end Trump called Israel 'a very successful country' that no longer needs American assistance. Netanyahu said in May that he wanted to gradually phase out U.S. military aid over the next decade
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- Al JazeeraRSSTue 3 Nov, 13:42
  Trump says that US will stop paying Israel military aid after year-end This is a breaking news story.
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- Insider PaperTelegramTue 3 Nov, 13:50
  BREAKING: President Trump says US will stop $4 billion aid to Israel
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- Al Jazeera EnglishXTue 3 Nov, 13:58
  US President ⁠Donald ⁠Trump says he made a deal with ⁠Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that ⁠Washington would no longer be providing funding to Israel after the end of this ‌year. Read more:
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- Associated PressBlueskyTue 3 Nov, 14:18
  The U.S. will stop providing $4 billion in aid each year to Israel in 2027 but will sell arms instead, President Trump says. President Donald Trump says the U.S. will stop providing $4 billion in aid each year to Israel in 2027 but will sell arms to its closest ally in the Middl
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- France 24RSSTue 3 Nov, 14:35
  Trump says US will halt $4 billion in aid to Israel after end of this year President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that the United States will stop $4 billion in funding to Israel after the end of this year. While speaking to Fox News' Fox and Friends, the US president added that
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- The Times of IsraelXTue 3 Nov, 14:51
  US President Donald Trump claims that the US will cease providing military aid to Israel after the end of this year. “As far as paying Israel, Bibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal — we give Israel $4 billion a year — we made a deal months ago that we’re stopping,” Trump tells F
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- Middle East EyeRSSTue 3 Nov, 15:06
  Trump says US will end $4bn annual military aid to Israel in 2027 Trump says US will end $4bn annual military aid to Israel in 2027 Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 11/03/2026 - 14:15
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