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News & Current Events May 11, 2026 at 12:05 PM

Netanyahu announced intention to phase out US military aid

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Netanyahu announced intention to phase out US military aid
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Netanyahu announced intention to phase out US military aid
УНН Politics ✎ The Israeli Prime Minister seeks to replace US financial support with an equal partnership within a decade. Currently, the country receives $3.8 billi…

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Oxbix 2 days ago +2775
From the article Currently, the U.S. provides Israel with approximately $3.8 billion in military aid annually under a 10-year agreement signed during the Barack Obama administration. It remains in effect until 2028. Edit: more context by u/Short-Personality398 “ The 2016 (non-binding agreement) replaced a previous 10-year MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) signed in 2007 under President Bush, which committed $30 billion in military aid from 2009–2018. And before that, there was a similar agreement from 1998 under Clinton, though the amounts were smaller."
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Ill-Ad-7161 2 days ago +844
For whatever reason, it's the only agreement Donald can't bring himself to ignore. I mean, it's in writing and everything!
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ZAlternates 2 days ago +226
As long as he gets a cut, he will play along with whatever the plan is.
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discipleofchrist69 2 days ago +138
mossad has the full Epstein files and also other dirt on trump. no choice for trump tbh
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ZAlternates 2 days ago +129
At this point, they could show just about anything to the public and his cultist won’t budge. They will claim it’s fake new, AI, or whatever they need to make themselves feel justified. I don’t think he’s being blackmailed. I think he thinks he’s the mastermind and he enjoys being a mob boss figurehead.
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Lopsided-Mood-7500 2 days ago +55
Trump may be immune like that, but his benefactors arent necessarily.The epstein files aren't just trump, they cover a wide array of heinous shit committed by powerful people all over the world, and those people can apply leverage; they would make his life miserable and exclude him from the wealthy pedo club if he doesn't toe the line. Fear of being casted out by the other elite is probably enough honestly with how vain and petty the man is.
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beachedwhale1945 2 days ago +16
The cultists won’t, but we don’t need them to. We need to focus instead on the people who have voted for and against Trump in different elections, along with those who have voted for him consistently but are not so far gone that they cannot be brought back. We can never convince the extremes of any movement to change their mind, but fortunately they make up a small (but very vocal) fraction of the movement.
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NerdHoovy 2 days ago +27
I still believe it’s the Russians that got Trump to start the Iran war. It makes their oil more valuable and encourages countries that have banned Russian oil to lift their sanctions and buy their oil again, while taking off pressure from their war in Ukraine.
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discipleofchrist69 2 days ago +20
entirely possible, Trump's actions of the last decade suggest Russian blackmail more than mossad blackmail. on the other hand it's hard to say since Israel already gets everything they want from USA even before Trump lol
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WafflePartyOrgy 1 day ago +3
Have they ever even said "thank you" though?
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TipOfMeJapsEye 1 day ago +11
So they're going to end it so trump can make his own bigger, dumber agreement providing them with more money than before. You'd have to be a complete moron to think Israel is actually going to pass on free money from their client state.
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DanGarion 2 days ago +391
Wouldn't 10 years make it signed in 2018...?
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Marquesas 2 days ago +347
Signed in 2016 to replace the prior agreement that ran out in 2018? It's pretty obvious tbh.
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DanGarion 2 days ago +9
It is? 2016 and 2018 aren't mentioned in the "100 word) article anywhere...
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Dr_ManTits_Toboggan 2 days ago +93
Did you sign your lease the day you moved in? 
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TaylorBitMe 2 days ago +14
Oh shit I never signed
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Short-Personality398 2 days ago +14
The 2016 (non-binding agreement) replaced a previous 10-year MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) signed in 2007 under President Bush, which committed $30 billion in military aid from 2009–2018. And before that, there was a similar agreement from 1998 under Clinton, though the amounts were smaller.
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EmergencyCucumber905 2 days ago +77
Bush and Obama were actively trying to prevent Israel from attacking Iran: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Olympic_Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Olympic_Games)
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Darqnyz7 2 days ago +148
Thank you. I lose my mind and reading about Israel and politics. People have no idea what is even happening but swear up and down that their antagonistic "the Dems are the exact same as the Republicans" take is gonna hit that dopamine
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WanderingTacoShop 2 days ago +101
Goes on basically all topics. The Dems aren't saints, especially the establishment dems that are baiscally just center right conservatives. But to try to claim that the monstrosity that is the current state of the Republican Party and the milquetoast Dem leadership are the same is astoundingly dumb.
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b3iAAoLZOH9Y265cujFh 2 days ago +43
It's maddening. It's like a person burning the tip of their finger on the stove which then - while they're distracted by the pain their finger - sets their entire house on fire. Then they stand there, looks at their finger, then their burning house and go: "Well, both involve burning, so they're clearly equivalent."
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NotShipNotShape 2 days ago +27
many people don't understand what soft power is, as evidenced by current supporters of our government. I probably don't understand the nuances of worldwide politics myself thst well, but that is why I let the experts deal with that. if our experts are doing things that a random person can do, what are the point of these experts? 
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Gnagus 2 days ago +26
You're forgetting all the Adleson money Trump gets. I don't personally think all pro-Israel sentiment is bought and paid for but it certainly seems contingent if you want the big bucks from Sheldon and now Miriam.
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No-Spoilers 2 days ago +49
And to anyone questioning why Obama would do such a thing. We were still in the war in the middle east. It's just weird it went from 2019-2028
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Oxbix 2 days ago +54
The weird timing is because the previous deal was also a 10 year agreement (2009 to 2018) signed under Bush
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Dunlocke 2 days ago +24
I don't begrudge us giving Israel aid.. to a point. It's really useful to have an ally in that region in terms of global economic security. That's always been the deal (up until Trump).
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ashehudson 2 days ago +19
We should stop giving aid to any country that has free Healthcare until we have free Healthcare.
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light_to_shaddow 1 day ago +20
You could have universal free at the point of use healthcare (what you really mean, it still gets paid for) right now and you wouldn't need to cut one cent of the bombing brown people budget, while paying less. Throw out that whole layer of leeching, price gouging profiteering that currently goes into insurance company offshore bank accounts. Doctors get paid. People live longer more productive lives that in tern generates tax dollars and improves the whole system. The down side is three billionaires have slightly less money, and senators don't get bribed to keep the system in place.
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Lefaid 2 days ago +31
You know, that was a Brexit line. Stop giving the EU money so we can pump it into NHS.
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Oxbix 2 days ago +8
Did it work?
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Lefaid 2 days ago +12
Not sure. I have been told it was a typical Farrage grift. But what do I know. I just thought seeing that message repeated was interesting.
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Bitter_Tea442 2 days ago +24
It succeeded in achieving Russian goals with Brexit and that's the most important outcome.
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LoopStricken 1 day ago +6
Not for the NHS.
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light_to_shaddow 1 day ago +11
It did spectacularly well at it's unstated goals. Terribly at the goals given to the public. Which is why the people behind it have just had one of their most successful elections. People are just very, very stupid.
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GuitarCFD 2 days ago +7
That wouldn't make a difference. We generally spend around 1% of our budget on foreign aid so around $60 billion. That would be around $180 per person per year for healthcare. We spend about 10% of our budget on defense. That is around $900 billion. That's around $2727 per person per year. While that sounds like alot...it really isn't. Rough estimates say the UK spends about $6700 per person per year on healthcare. For the US that would equal over $2T dollars per year. That's MORE than we spent on social security last year by almost double.
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Consistent_Rent_3507 2 days ago +38
Almost 100% spent in the US plus an additional $6.8 billion Israel spends annually. Conveniently, half the picture is always missing.
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wonklebobb 2 days ago +14
im gonna go out on a limb and say opponents of these agreements aren't taking issue with where the money is spent, but rather what the money is buying for israel, and what israel is doing with the things the money paid for
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vini_2003 2 days ago +4238
Nobody read the damn article here. They're still going to be partners to the US, but their aim is to integrate at a deeper level in the defense and intelligence sectors and stop "just" receiving aid for the sake of aid.
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apathetic_revolution 1 day ago +98
This isn't even "the damn article". This "the damn article" was an hour-long 60 Minutes interview that this is an out-of-context excerpt from. In particular, it grabs some quotes from the middle of a a few points Netanyahu was making about how he's already weaned Israel off of U.S. economic aid and wants to do the same with the military. He's bragging that Israel has become an economic powerhouse under his leadership that no longer accepts economic aid (he's a politician; take his bragging with an appropriate serving of salt) and saying he's going to do the same by making Israel enough of a military powerhouse to be on more even footing with the U.S.. Relevant portion of the interview for context: >MAJOR GARRETT: On that point, looking forward, Mr. Prime Minister, do you believe it's time for the state of Israel to reexamine and possibly reset its financial relationship to the United States? Meaning, what the United States provides to Israel on an annual basis. >PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Absolutely. And I've said this to President Trump. I've said it in-- to our own people. Their jaws drop, but I said, "Look." >MAJOR GARRETT: What do you mean? What are you saying? >PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: What I'm saying is that I want to draw down to zero the American financial support, the financial component of the military cooperation that we have. Because we receive-- we received $3.8 billion a year. Now, it's true you spent trillions of dollars or hundreds of billions and billions of dollars in Afghanistan and so on. >And one of-- one of your Senators said, "Hell, if we had an Israel instead of Afghanistan, you know-- you know, over there, we wouldn't have to spend a trillion dollars. We wouldn't. It'd be a lot cheaper." But I'm saying it's gonna be a lot cheaper, because I want to draw down the American support for Israel to zero. We've come of age. >We have-- a booming economy. After three years of war, you know, our currency's the strongest it's ever been in the last 50 years, maybe more. Our stock market is one of the leading stock markets in the world. It's because we have this-- this very high-tech juggernaut economy, one of the two-- centers of cross-discipline-- breaking, breaking technologies just changing the world. >And we have a lot of talent here, which we share with our American friends. And we're gonna share it with our Arab friends too. And I-- I think that it's time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining-- military support and go from aid to partnership. >So I want to draw down, and then I want to suggest projects, joint projects for intel, for weapons, for missile defense. Israel I think has, you know, is a leader in this in the world. Many countries come to us for it. I'd like to share it with the United States. We put an exact amount of money. You put the same. We share the fruits exactly. Now, I'm not just speaking here, because I did this. We had financial aid when I first came in in 90-- 1996. >MAJOR GARRETT:  Yes. >PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU:  First time I became Prime Minister, and I-- I was invited by the U.S. Congress for a joint session, you know, one of four such sessions. And I-- I was a young prime minister at the time, so I said, "You know, you-- you give us financial aid and you give us military aid, which also costs money. So I think we're gonna change Israel to be a free market, high-tech juggernaut, and as a result of that, I'm saying that we can wean ourselves of the financial aid that you are giving." >And all my advisors said, "What is he doing? What is he doing for a headline? He's giving up su-- such an important part to the Congress?" I said, "No, it's not a headline. We are gonna make this free market revolution," which I led and we did. And Israel indeed became a preeminent and really a gigantic force in-- >MAJOR GARRETT: Right. >PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: 4 --in econ-- what we did for the, on the economic side, I'm now gonna do on the military side. And basically have no American financial aid even on the military side for Israel. >MAJOR GARRETT: Can you give me a time table? >PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: I said, let's start now and do it over the next decade, over the next ten years, but I want to start now. I don't want to wait for the next Congress. I want to start now. And-- you know, it could go down very fast, could go down very fast. But the most important thing, you know, General Keane, who was head of one of your intelligence-- services said, "Of what Israel gave to the United States just on intel," he said, "it's worth five CIAs." >Now, I don't know if it's worth five CIAs or one CIA. I respect the CIA a lot. But intangible matters. Israel is your best ally. It's the only one that really provides you with gems of intelligence, shares our incredible technology, appreciates every penny that you gave us, deeply appreciates it. >You know, if you go in Israel today, it's not like other countries. Like, everybody's pro-American because we appreciate what America stands for. We appreciate the aid that was given. We appreciate what is happening now. We share-- we appreciate President Trump's resolute stand, and the fact that the American military is performing so miraculously and so bravely alongside our brave people, our brave pilots and soldiers. We appreciate all that. But I want, I think it's time that we-- end it over time, an agreed schedule-- American military aid, and move from aid to partnership.
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oskopnir 2 days ago +927
In other words it's getting worse and not better
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ChickenChaser5 2 days ago +278
us: "Id like to announce that israel is no longer my GF" is: "Thats a terrible way to announce that were married..."
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ignoreme010101 1 day ago +27
lol this is true /thread material
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yjbtoss 2 days ago +136
Exactly - interwining our fates/goals etc, this is worse than giving them money imo.
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ignoreme010101 1 day ago +20
>Exactly - interwining our fates/goals etc, this is worse than giving them money imo. I think people are grossly uninformed just how intertwined we already are, even this specific idea isnt new (see "BIRD" binational industrial research and development" there have been these types of initiatives for a while) A big problem is just how ignorant the public is on this stuff, whether it's how deeply intertwined we are with Israel or just the true nature of our foreign policy I cannot help fearing shit is coming home to roost as the average uninformed layman becomes informed
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SuperTeamRyan 2 days ago +53
I take it to mean Israel knows they have like a 4 year window where relations with the us will continue as normal. Anything after that is up in the air, they've tanked relationships with the democrats and their base. The republican base is full of groyoers who are gaining more power and influence on top of the current guy in office destroying American softpower the relationship with America will not be as beneficial our openly hostile. They need to make thier own arms, but will accept American arms while it's still flowing in.
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gamerz1172 2 days ago +28
My thought is Israeli intelligence realizes there's a chance that USA might actually cut their aid in the future so they want to prepare for the possibility of that blow hitting them rather then be caught unprepared if it does happen
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Bitter_Tea442 2 days ago +18
That's not a new consideration for Israel at all. They still remember Reagan screwing them over.
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Realistic_Swan_6801 2 days ago +16
No. Israeli intelligence is actually relatively centrist by Israeli standards. The Israelis who hate the US influence over Israel are mostly right and far right. Bibi’s group often hates the government and military higher ups who tend more centrist then him and often oppose him.
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-ReadingBug- 2 days ago +6
This is absolutely what I assumed as soon as I saw the headline.
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Sad-Excitement9295 2 days ago +3
So now Israel wants to own the US military sector directly, and Titler will give it to him. What an incredible load of c***.
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Drpnsmbd 2 days ago +3
This is actually worse. They’re basically openly admitting they’ve fully infiltrated the US government.
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Feisty_System_4751 2 days ago +5803
It's like me announcing I will start a diet on Monday.
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Squawkings 2 days ago +577
There's a lot of Mondays coming up, good luck!
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Prus1s 2 days ago +106
Did you?
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No-Membership-5314 2 days ago +205
Never said which Monday.
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sth128 2 days ago +73
Monday, February 30th.
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HighPriestofShiloh 2 days ago +21
You could go with Monday, Feb 29, and it would mean you have nearly 2 decades to get ready for your diet.
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ilrasso 2 days ago +13
That is a reasonable timeframe to proper bulk up for a diet.
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Riboflavin96 2 days ago +13
Next Monday for sure.
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Different_Victory_89 2 days ago +37
Will present my concept of a plan in two weeks.
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Feisty_System_4751 2 days ago +19
My nutritionist and me are very close to reaching a deal.
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Ironsam811 2 days ago +18
Notice he is only saying this because the current 10 year deal is about to expire. Of course he wants to phase out in the next 10 years… he wants another 10 years right now
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hieronymous-cowherd 2 days ago +6
Obviously not *this* Monday, I've got an event planned.
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xmuskorx 2 days ago +1789
great decision for all involved.
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Mr_ToDo 2 days ago +597
Um... I'm guessing a lot of people are only reading the headline They're not abolishing ties with the US, they're aiming to deepen them Headline is just clickbait. It's technically true but also misleading
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fiction8 2 days ago +70
Generally on listnook you have to go down at least 5-10 top comments before you get to one that read the article. This is because most top comments are made within minutes or seconds of the part being created. First movers attract the first upvotes and then it snowballs from there. By not reading the article they can leave their pithy remarks or jokes sooner, thus increasing their visibility.
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oneplusetoipi 2 days ago +822
“But keep sending us billions of dollars. We are just not going to give any of it back by buying US weapons.”
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DirtyTacoKid 2 days ago +115
Unfortunately you got some real dumb people replying to you here. They don't realize that money is fungible with money. It's a tough concept for some people
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cubedplusseven 2 days ago +67
Yes, money is fungible. But where does it say in the article that Israel will be receiving $3.8 billion in non-military aid in place of the military aid they currently receive? From the face of it, it looks like they just want to pass on the $3.8 billion. Which isn't as shocking as it might at first seem. That $3.8 billion compares to a $600 billion Israeli economy and comes with a lot of strings attached. In particular, the US constrains the development of Israel's domestic arms market. And there's a contingent in Israel who don't think that the constraints are worth the aid, particularly when that aid could be withdrawn suddenly leaving a hole in Israel's defense capacities. What facts are you adding that make the issue of fungibility relevant here? I'll also add, for all the conspiratorial imbeciles who think that Israel controls the US, that $3.8 billion is on the order of 1/100th of 1% of US GDP. It's a truly miniscule proportionate levy for an overlord to demand of its vassal. During the Cold War, for instance, the Soviet Union took about 20% of East German GDP - which is what modern state-vassalage actually looks like.
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Derp800 2 days ago +17
The real pull the US has isn't from aid. It's from access to our weapons and manufacturing. They're not making the F-35 by themselves.
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Ecsta 1 day ago +6
Funny you bring up the F-35 when Israel literally contributed to the development of that fighter. The USA benefits from the partnership as well.
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ScumBunnyEx 2 days ago +8
Look up the Lavi project.
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GrothendieckPriest 2 days ago +14
Its in fact not actually fungible with money, because you cannot freely resell military gear, and its very difficult to justify investment into RnD and production of military systems analogous to those provided by the US at subsidized cost.
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ZBlackmore 2 days ago +48
Except for Palestinians. Less leverage for the US to use to restraint Israel. Also, all of those protests are gonna die now, because the reason for hyper focusing on Israel while there are worse atrocities happening in the world was the US aid to Israel, right?
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xmuskorx 2 days ago +35
the more onus there is to make deal and move on for Palestinian politicians the better it is for regular Palestinians who don't benefit at all form the forever futile war to try and destroy Israel at behest of foreign Islamists.
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Vanquishhh 2 days ago +27
not to employees of Lockhead Martin as Boeimg has 8.6 bil coming from Israel invesements and 6 bil for Lockhead alone
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xmuskorx 2 days ago +24
Israel will be switching to partnership so weapon orders will still flow
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mhornberger 2 days ago +26
Israel already buys far more in weapons than they get in aid. Though no doubt they'll also try to continue to scale their own domestic production, both to reduce reliance and also to increase their own revenue.
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xmuskorx 2 days ago +11
they are probably making bank as we speak selling defense systems to Gulf states. Israel's economy has actually been pretty hot ever last few years.
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Chaseism 2 days ago +266
I wonder if this is planning for a potential change in leadership here in the States. If the politics around supporting Israel continue to be negative, a future President or Congress may want to stop support. This would allow Israel to get ahead of that...still remain a potential ally...but not rely on US support.
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ScoobiusMaximus 2 days ago +183
I'm willing to bet the second they aren't dependent on the US they also stop being our allies. 
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SomguyTheSecond 2 days ago +156
Bro figured out geopolitics
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FudgeAtron 2 days ago +55
For real, does this guy think that countries actually behave alrtuistically?
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Irr3l3ph4nt 2 days ago +26
No I think he thinks people like Americans for their personality.
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Prestigious-Smoke511 1 day ago +6
This website is filled every day with takes talking about how Trump is burning the US's "good will" with their allies. A lot of people think that countries behave altruistically and that mean tweets effect geopolitics in profound and long lasting ways. You have to remember that listnook is primarily made up of young people who are new to all of this and use their high school friend group as their example for how the world works.
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Emotional_Plant3241 1 day ago +5
Countries act in their self interests, but there is definitely such a thing as the trust between allies and governments of similar cultures and world-views. It makes it easier to work with them, practically and politically.
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Bitter_Tea442 2 days ago +41
Here is a hint: Israel is already not dependent on the US.
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zenbowman 2 days ago +8
Yeah, I think this is very close to the mark. Israel has moved steadily to the right, which has put them way out of line with the Democratic Party, and is working to build alliances with other nations (including Russia) should the US alliance finally break (which it probably will with the next Democratic President). Once the alliance breaks, the PRC may also no longer see Israel as an American lackey and therefore a threat. But their existing relation with Iran might be something that blocks a real alliance there.
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Eazy-Eid 2 days ago +50
Lol this is absurd. They're going to abandon their alliance with the strongest military and economic power on earth? To what aim?
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Bitter_Tea442 2 days ago +32
They won't abandon the alliance. They just want less leverage over their head like any rational actor. They've been allied with Russia for decades for the same reason. This is more of the same.
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frosthowler 2 days ago +11
Israel has never had any alliance with Russia wtf. Let alone for decades. No military tech either. Israeli relationship with Russia starts with them funding Israels enemies and ends with Israeli pilots shooting down Soviet fighters who thought they could scare them. Besides that the relationship with Russia is nonexistent.
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nicklor 2 days ago +13
Well that had to do with the fact that Russia basically controlled syria for a few years
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Ploka812 2 days ago +17
Yes. The Israeli far right wants to be less dependent on the US. They don’t want to be held back by the US if they ever decide to fully annex the West Bank or build the third temple where the Temple Mount currently stands.
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TheConsultantIsBack 2 days ago +10
Israeli far right and American far left have the same goals as far as what America's role should be as far as relationship to Israel. Only one of them actually lives in reality in regards to what that would mean for Palestinians.
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virtual_adam 2 days ago +10
It’s 100% this. Plus with all the startup exits every week in Israel, it would be extremely easy to replace. when aid started Israel wasn’t selling over 2 tech companies **per week** like today. Each sale triggers multiple layers of corporate and personal income taxes Wiz selling to Google a few months ago triggered $3.5B in income. And since there have been some more large-ish ones
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iAgressivelyFistBro 2 days ago +34
I would say it is. Both parties are shifting away from the unequivocal support for Israel (L>R). Hopefully they do remain an ally. I’m sure China will happily dump whatever alliance they have with Iran for a strong partnership with Israel.
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ZaireekaFuzz 2 days ago +29
Seriously doubt that, Iran is far more geopolitically important for China than Israel, for a number of reasons.
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hamstringstring 2 days ago +32
I assume this means we can stop paying taxes to Egypt as well?
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Prestigious-Smoke511 1 day ago +36
Look man, we're trying to hate Israel in this post. Focus...
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shewy92 2 days ago +39
I mean, I don't doubt it since he said he wants to be partners with the US, which seems more in line with our government's viewpoints. >According to the Prime Minister, Israel must transition from an aid model to a format of equal partnership with the United States.
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LoneElement 2 days ago +16
I don’t  If I were in Israel’s shoes, I’d be terrified of being dependent on aid from the U.S., given how so much of our populace feels about them To no longer be reliant on aid, to be fully self-sufficient, would seem like security and safety 
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marximumcarnage 1 day ago +7
Sure Jan.
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EKEEFE41 2 days ago +45
TLDR: Instead of free support and the expectation they tell us F****** EVERYTHING from an intelligence stand point. Now they want to withhold intelligence and sell it to us.
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sA1atji 2 days ago +29
Would not surprise me if they use the remaining years to set up their own arms production and increase the quantities they export, basically further weakening th3 us soft power.
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Chanan-Ben-Zev 2 days ago +75
Well, yeah. US military aid to Israel has always been used by the US to suppress domestic Israeli arms development. That's part of what the US gets out of that expense - in addition to limiting that money exclusively for purchases from US arms manufacturers, so the money functions as a subsidy to those US companies. Ending US military aid to Israel will remove that leverage.
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arathorn3 2 days ago +24
They have had their own small scale defense industry for decades. They make their own tanks like the Merkava  IWI(formerly IMI) makes small arms(rifles like the Tavor, pistols like the Jericho and Desert Eagle, submachine guns like the the Uzi, has a license from Colt to make M16-M4 pattern rifles and carbines for the IDF)  Elbit systems, which also has offices in other countries like th the UK, makes drones. Electronic warfare( battlefield jamming equipment and other things) lasers(such as the so called Iron beam project to shoot down missiles with lasers) etc for Israel and also for sale to other countries  . Elbits UK factory was broken into by members of Palestinain Action in 2024 and the ones who did so where convicted in UK courts for trespassing and criminal damage a few days ago. They have other companies that are are similar to elbit systems. Israeli companies export  electronic warfare and laser weapons to their western allies.
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oatkeepr 2 days ago +10
I wouldn't call it small scale. Israel is also very serious in everything to do with drones, missiles, and missile defense. Rafael is a world leader in missiles and missile defense. IAI makes various aeronautic stuff like various UAVs, unique parts for F-35I planes, avionic upgrades for various planes, space satellites, and small ships. They developed their own fighter jet Lavi in the 1980s, which was pretty good, but stopped to deepen their ties with the US. There's at least 100 smaller companies in this sector. Israel is also really good at technologies for surveillance and intelligence, especially software. From the beginning Israel had an arms industry of their own. For a country of Israel's size, it's very impressive. It's the [seventh largest arms exporter in the world](https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-surpassed-uk-as-7th-largest-global-arms-exporter-report-shows/), surpassing the UK, below Italy.
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Su-Kane 2 days ago +16
In terms of military equipment no one is weakening US soft power more than the US itself. Half the world bought from the US and with Trumps second term in office, the US by now basically lost all these customers.
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elProtagonist 2 days ago +6
10 years and 40 Billion Dollars later
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shh_Im_a_Moose 1 day ago +6
I'll believe it when I see it. Trying to make life easier for his Republican yesmen.
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happy_pad 1 day ago +10
Yeah, he is just saying what people want to hear, and it's not the first time he has said this either. It's bullshit.
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testtdk 1 day ago +6
Good, don’t use our f****** money for your war crimes, a******.
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Radun 2 days ago +32
the funny thing is no one reads the article: "Currently, the U.S. provides Israel with approximately $3.8 billion in military aid annually under a 10-year agreement signed during the Barack Obama administration. It remains in effect until 2028." So they are saying after 2028 they no longer want to get aid, and want to get to an equal partner with US. I also find it funny this was done during Obama
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ThatOneGuyHOTS 2 days ago +42
Your surprised a US president supported Israel? Try learning some history dawg
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mattwb72 2 days ago +10
So that means we'll finally have enough money in the US to end homelessness now right?
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oath2order 2 days ago +10
Yeah, lol, It's going to be a funny day for leftists to discover that no, the funding for military aid to Israel will not magically fund every problem the US has.
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KiLLiNDaY 2 days ago +14
He’s just seeing the future. He’s not blind - he sees how negative the perception of Israel is in the U.S. and needs to find an alternative in case funding dries up.
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ironicmirror 2 days ago +4
Trump refused the offer.
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Moral-Relativity 2 days ago +4
What will American politicians do to virtue signal their support for Israel then?
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AlanFromRochester 2 days ago +3
I think I understand why he's doing this I figure they can afford it, the act of giving them money inspires some of the political backlash and that might cost them nonfinancial support that would be more valuable to them Some Israeli hardliners don't like US military aid because of what few conditions we do push for
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frenziedsoldierhackd 2 days ago +4
Bullshit
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SoftwareSource 2 days ago +4
I heard the ballroom also won't need any taxpayer money.
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Orwick 2 days ago +5
This is just PR bullshit. He trying to improve Israel image with young Americans. While people tend to loathe foreign aid to countries that don’t need it, that isn’t what is killing Israel image.
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JaCKaSS_69 1 day ago +3
Man, this is some worrying shit. If he doesn't have ties to America he might go apeshit (even more) to the Palestinians. Why would people use the heart award for these news?
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ChessTiger 1 day ago +3
Liar, liar pants on fire.
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shanksisevil 1 day ago +4
Netanyahu, "over the next 200 years we plan to phase out our reliance on the US military" /s
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Cute_Parfait_2182 1 day ago +4
We give them military aid and obligate them to buy our weapons and ammo with that aid. It’s like a circular slush fund for the military industrial complex.
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fortesquieu 2 days ago +7
Bro announced it before Trump could take credit for ending any war.
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Byaaahhh 2 days ago +10
Losing face with the American people. Easiest way to save face is to announce that you won’t take their money anymore. Israel will stand on its own two feet. Just don’t look over here because we are integrating a different way and taking other resources.
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country-blue 2 days ago +8
I can’t stand Netanyahu, but I have to admit he understands geopolitical psychology very well. If he thinks Israel is losing support in the US, he knows it means it’s time to put on the act of “dislodging” from US whilst secretly keeping all the backroom support. People underestimate his wile to their own detriment.
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stuckanon01 2 days ago +14
At this point Bibi is just painting the inevitable fruits of his leadership with a false veneer of intent. Anyone paying attention to the effects of Bibi aligning Israel closely with the GOP (starting with his speech to congress during the Obama administration) can see that the next time the democrats get power over either chamber of congress or the presidency Israel’s aid is toast. If he can claim to have weened Israel off of US aid before that happens he doesn’t look like the shitty leader he really is.
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gamerjerome 2 days ago +3
"America is about to change or there's uncertainty following the midterms so I'm going to bounce to ease the relationship just in case"
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Sooooooooooooomebody 2 days ago +3
Okay. \[elaborate j****** gesture\]
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dBlock845 2 days ago +3
Netanyahu knows how to play the US media and lie to try to change public opinion was well as any Republican.
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paulsteinway 2 days ago +3
As soon as they've taken over Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Syria...
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Capital_Elderberry28 2 days ago +3
After his matching ballroom
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SinistralGuy 2 days ago +3
Phasing out the phrase probably. No way they give up all that free aid and money
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dookie_shoos 2 days ago +3
Announcing an intention, what a f****** story this is.
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engineeringsquirrel 2 days ago +3
That sounded too specific. I'm guessing he's waiting on State Department aid where they buy shit off the world market.
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247HOTMIC 2 days ago +3
Watch the full 75 minute interview on 60 Minutes youtube channel.  Peep Bibi's smile when asked how if Israel has replaced Britain as being the country with a "special relationship" with the USA.
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maywander47 2 days ago +3
Over the next decade. Another PR move.
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incogne_eto 2 days ago +3
Sure Jan!
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supified 1 day ago +3
Hilarious. We waited so long to divest from Israel they're going to divest from us instead. Way to get played for all your worth I guess. Boy do we suck.
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I_Dont_Work_Here_Lad 1 day ago +3
Two weeks?
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davedcne 1 day ago +3
Yeah ok. 1. They don't have the production base needed to maintain a military of sufficient size to defend themselves against everyone that would decend on them if they did that. 2. The us would never allow them to do that because they are a convenient strategic "ally" We're about to see the script flip on the whole israel pulls america's strings, rhetoric.
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Fickle-Cake6637 1 day ago +3
Yeah right, is he also phasing out humans needing oxygen?
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Technical_Anteater45 1 day ago +3
Yeah, bullshit
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WWIIICannonFodder 1 day ago +3
Probably still going to be getting it through some covert channels while publicly phasing out the current direct way.
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Spazicon 1 day ago +3
Lying liars and the lies they tell.
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straight_lurkin 1 day ago +3
"To phase out US military aid" *from the public eye* you mean lol we all know where the missiles and tanks and supplies angry and money come from. Also wasn't isreal just saying they are in dire need of invader-I mean soldiers?
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nicspace101 1 day ago +3
Yeah, in 2 weeks.
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molie 1 day ago +3
What’s the saying …Give a man a bomb he will attract a nation…But teach a man how to bomb and he will commit war crime? Or maybe it was this actually might be about fishing or something
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greenmachine11235 2 days ago +10
I guess Netanyahu isn't particularly optimistic about the outcome of this years midterm election. 
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Negafox 2 days ago +4
We’ll see what happens given the Supreme Court has turned this country redistricting shitshow
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Constant_Flamingo828 2 days ago +10
Let's cut it right now. Why wait? The USA doesn't want this anymore.
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Prestigious-Smoke511 1 day ago +3
We're just finishing up the 12 year agreement that was signed by Obama.
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KiteLighter 2 days ago +6
LOL! Look at what they do, not what they say.
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Popular_War8405 2 days ago +5
Does that mean Trump will directly be funding Israel military in the future
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wtf_amirite 2 days ago +6
i'll believe this bullshit when i see it.
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HardcoreKaraoke 2 days ago +5
>Currently, the U.S. provides Israel with approximately $3.8 billion in military aid annually under a 10-year agreement signed during the Barack Obama administration. It remains in effect until 2028. So basically he wants to renegotiate the deal to get added benefits. I'm not surprised. I won't be surprised when our government bends over backwards to give it to him either.
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AusTex2019 1 day ago +6
Netanyahu lies when his mouth is open
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rbobby 2 days ago +5
Sure.. sure.
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Eastern-Heart9486 2 days ago +4
Flat out liar trying to mitigate the bad publicity Israel is currently getting hit with
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dodadoler 2 days ago +3
Lololololol
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GnaeusQuintus 2 days ago +5
Nothing will change, but they'll call it humanitarian aid.
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Vaeon 2 days ago +3
>The Israeli Prime Minister seeks to replace US financial support with an equal partnership within a decade. So, the US will soon rebrand as "Israel North America"?
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MovieGuyMike 2 days ago +3
Shouldn’t the US announce that intention? lol This is like a spoiled kid saying he intends to stop getting spoiled by his parents.
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