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Donald Trump: Agreed with Benjamin Netanyahu to stop US funding to Israel at the end of 2026 | The Jerusalem Post. Trump: US will stop funding to Israel after end of 2026, will 'help Israel if they need it'. The president went on to praise Israel as a particularly reliable American ally, contrasting its conduct with that of other US partners. By Idan Kweller. November 3, 2026. On the morning of the US midterm elections, US President Donald Trump made a startling claim in an interview with Fox & Friends: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself initiated a plan to end...

President Trump announced Tuesday that he had reached an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop US aid to Israel after the end of the year. “They don’t need it,” Trump said on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning. “We give them more than anybody else, and they no longer need it. We’ve been doing it for years. I’ve been doing it, but Israel is a very thriving country. They don’t need it. If they did need it, I would say keep it going.” The president said the idea came from Netanyahu himself, suggesting that the agreement was also...

U.S. and Israel have discussed phasing out grants, but president’s comments suggest it could occur much faster than expected WASHINGTON—President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. would cut off military aid to Israel by the end of the year, suggesting the phaseout of grants to the U.S. ally could occur much faster than expected.“We won’t be paying anymore to Israel,” Trump said during an interview with Fox News on Election Day. “We’ve already agreed that by the end of this year, we won’t be paying Israel.”The phasing out of direct U.S. military aid to Israel has been under discussion for...