Netanyahu Says Seeks to Taper Off US Military Aid Within Decade

Jan. 11, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says over the weekend that he wants to gradually end US military aid to his country and that it’s “in the works”.

  • PM says in an interview with The Economist that while Israel deeply appreciates the aid that the US has provided over the years, Israel has now “come of age”
  • “We’ve developed incredible capacities and our economy, which will soon reach, certainly within the decade, a trillion dollars, its not a huge economy but its not a small economy,” Netanyahu says, “So I want to taper off the military aid within the next 10 ...

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