Posted on 11/14/2025 10:33:01 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Israel has begun negotiations with the United States on an expanded security pact at a moment when political pressure around the relationship between the two countries is rising in Washington. Axios, breaking the story on Thursday, reports “growing frustrations with Israel, including within Trump’s MAGA base,” and says Israeli officials now view this political shift as a factor that makes early action necessary.
According to the outlet, which cites American and Israeli officials,
Israel is seeking a new 20-year security agreement with the U.S. — doubling the usual term and adding “America First” provisions to win the Trump administration’s support.
No previous framework has attempted a commitment of this length. All earlier agreements were set for 10 years.
The timing reflects a straightforward calculation. The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expires in 2028. It totals $38 billion between 2019 and 2028, or $3.8 billion per year.
However, between October 7, 2023, and September of 2025, the United States has provided considerably more military aid to Israel, totaling at least $21.7 billion. In addition to that, the United States spent between $9.65 billion and $12.07 billion on wars in Yemen, Iran, and other military operations in the region in support of Israel. That brought the total of our support up to $33.77 billion over the said period.
Axios reports that Israeli officials want the next agreement completed within the coming year to avoid negotiating in a more unstable political environment. They are seeking the new pact to extend to 2048, Israel’s centennial year.
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The proposed pact builds on a long record of expanding U.S.–Israel security arrangements. As Axios notes,
There have been three 10-year framework agreements for long-term security assistance to Israel, in 1998 ($21.3 billion), 2008 ($32 billion) and 2016 ($38 billion).
“Emergency packages,” including...
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Lead balloon and all. 🙄😏
Giving money to ANY foreign country is not America first. Especially since we are $38T in debt.
Rinse, repeat...
Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs spells out the real Israel First deal: “Trump “cannot allow himself to be compromised...there’s the principles of America first, which means ‘Israel first’ and the West first.”
It’s a joke, people.....but nobody’s laughing at these idiots.
How dare they impose themselves on OUR foreign policy that the whole
world recognizes as the United States is first..............and foremost.
Um…no.
Better do it now before 2026 midterms. It won’t get easier then.
Alliance forever yes, More aid NO. Loans only!
its the jooooooooos again. Forcing their will on the USA. Nevermind that China, Saudie Arabia, Qatar, and Japan all way outspend Israel in the lobbying dept. But these joooooooooos!
So. By what terms will Israel come to our aid in this hemisphere?
The proposed pact builds on a long record of expanding U.S.–Israel security arrangements. As Axios notes, There have been three 10-year framework agreements for long-term security assistance to Israel, in 1998 ($21.3 billion), 2008 ($32 billion) and 2016 ($38 billion).
“Emergency packages,” including the substantial aid approved during the 2024 Gaza campaign, came on top of these baselines. Each cycle raised both expectations and commitments
.Biden gave Israel $12.7 billion tax dollars in 2024———Biden figured........it was an election year.
Always demanding more tax dollars, Israel has long defined US tax dollars as important to its own national interests.
Israel “claims” it helps the United States meet its growing security challenges through close cooperation ............yet 9/11 was planned in Israel’s backyard and the US heard not a peep about it.....
The US got no warning from “its greatest tax dollar grabber in the frickin parasitic Mideast.”
Jerk
Israeli Deep State bypassing Israel’s elected government?
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/417749
...Netanyahu denied an Axios report that Israel was attempting to score a 20-year security agreement with the US, noting that “my direction is the exact opposite.”...
How about we don’t do it at all
“That brought the total of our support up to $33.77 billion over the said period.” If it read trillion, I’d be even more concerned.
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