{"id":97598,"date":"2026-11-12T12:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=97598"},"modified":"2026-11-12T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:48:32","slug":"netanyahu-israel-moving-from-aid-to-partnership-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/netanyahu-israel-moving-from-aid-to-partnership-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu: Israel moving \u2018from aid to partnership\u2019 with US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By AKIVA VAN KONINGSVELD<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-dateAndSource\">(<em>JNS.org<\/em>) \u2013&nbsp;Israel\u2019s move to gradually end American military aid is a joint step by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump that \u201cshows the strength of our relationship,\u201d the Prime Minister\u2019s Office said on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_97599\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/trump-netanyahu.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97599\" class=\"wp-image-97599 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/trump-netanyahu-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/trump-netanyahu-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/trump-netanyahu-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/trump-netanyahu.webp 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97599\" class=\"wp-image-97599 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/trump-netanyahu-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/trump-netanyahu-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/trump-netanyahu-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/trump-netanyahu.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-97599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. president Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive to give their final remarks at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem before Trump\u2019s departure, May 23, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel\/Flash90.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn 1996, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Israel would gradually end U.S. financial support of $1.2 billion. He did just that,\u201d the PMO wrote on X. \u201cThirty years later, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Israel is strong enough economically to gradually end military support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, Israel has a strong and stable economy, and Israel and the United States are making the important move from aid to partnership,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said Netanyahu set the direction on <i>CBS<\/i>\u2018s \u201c60 Minutes\u201d in May. He said then: \u201cI want to draw down to zero the American financial support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The joint move by Netanyahu and Trump \u201cshows the strength of our relationship and its ability to adapt to changing circumstances,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetUrl\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" title=\"X Post\" data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=koningsveld&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2120534559825559893&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jns.org%2Fnews%2Fisrael-news%2Fnetanyahu-israel-moving-from-aid-to-partnership-with-us&amp;sessionId=42c963e08fda6ee0b3f1a457fecda33ce2bad3f6&amp;siteScreenName=JNS_org&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2120534559825559893\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israel is \u201cmoving out of adolescence into maturity\u201d and \u201cfrom dependence to partnership,\u201d Prime Minister\u2019s Office International Spokesman Doron Spielman told JNS on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very healthy process for Israel and the U.S.,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>Spielman noted that Netanyahu has been speaking about the issue for 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>He said that as the Jewish state strengthens economically, it \u201cgrows into itself in terms of development of its military and military industry, intelligence and armed forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel has \u201can enormous amount of economic strength, military strength\u201d and strong ties with Washington and other nations, according to Spielman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be negotiated between the prime minister and the president; we\u2019ll see the plans as they emerge,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that Trump wants the Foreign Military Financing portion of Washington\u2019s aid to Israel to end \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump believes Israel is now \u201cprosperous and rich enough\u201d to buy U.S. weapons without American financing, Rubio told reporters. He added that a new memorandum of understanding with Jerusalem could also cover co-production of some weaponry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll negotiate the timeline,\u201d he said. Asked whether Israel could go without U.S. military financing starting in 2027, Rubio replied, \u201cI think they could if they wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump said on Nov. 3 that he had agreed with Netanyahu to cut off U.S. military aid to the Jewish state by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal that we give Israel four billion dollars a year. And we made a deal months ago that we\u2019re stopping, and they\u2019re fine with it,\u201d Trump told <i>Fox News<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>He said Israel had \u201cbecome a very successful country\u201d and doesn\u2019t need the aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019ll help Israel if they need it. You know they\u2019ve been a great ally,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>Under the 10-year memorandum of understanding signed during the Obama administration, Israel has received $3.8 billion a year in military aid since the 2019 fiscal year. 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