Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday evening that Israel will begin the process of ending its reliance on U.S. assistance, declaring that the country will not need it in the future. The statement, attributed to a post by Channel 14 personality Yinon Magal on Netanyahu's behalf, follows a recent report that the prime minister privately expressed the same intention.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday evening that Israel will this year begin a process that will ultimately lead to the end of U.S. assistance — declaring that Israel will no longer need it. The comment was relayed via journalist Yinon Magal on Channel 14, who attributed the statement directly to Netanyahu.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Tuesday, journalist Adi Adamkar (Israel Hayom) said Netanyahu expressed a desire in a closed conversation to terminate the U.S. security assistance package this year. Monday saw another Netanyahu comment — carried by Channel 14 — in which he said Israel seeks to break its dependence on American weapons. The prime minister's latest statement confirms the intention publicly and explicitly.
The remarks come against a backdrop of an evolving U.S.-Israel relationship, as Netanyahu navigates ties with the Trump administration. The timeline and mechanism for winding down assistance remain unspecified.
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