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Trump says US will stop funding Israel after year-end

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President Donald Trump says he has agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that US military aid to Israel will stop at the end of this year.

President Donald Trump says he has made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt US military aid to Israel at the end of this year. Speaking to Fox News, Trump said Israel no longer needed the $4 billion in annual funding and suggested Democrats used US support for Israel as a talking point to criticise Republicans.

'We give them $4 billion of things and money, and they don't need it,' Trump said. 'I was approached by Bibi Netanyahu, and we've been talking about it for a couple of years because it's a lot of money.' He added: 'We've already agreed that by the end of this year we won't be paying Israel. Now we'll help Israel if they need it.'

Netanyahu's office offered no immediate response to Trump's remarks. Trump did not explain how funding would be stopped given that the Memorandum of Understanding providing $3.8 billion in annual US military aid to Israel does not expire until September 2028. The US has sent tens of billions of dollars in military aid to Israel in recent years, with an academic study showing that administrations under both Joe Biden and Trump provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel following the October 2023 Hamas attacks.

Trump says US will stop funding Israel after year-end
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