Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu characterized the end of U.S. military aid to the Jewish state as a mutual agreement between allies, as officials wait to see who stands to benefit from the new era of “partnership and mutual investment.”
Netanyahu’s office reacted Friday to President Donald Trump’s cut to U.S. military aid, a dramatic policy change that caught government leaders in the United States and Israel off-guard. The prime minister’s team affirmed Trump’s assessment that financial support was no longer necessary because “today, Israel has a strong and stable economy.”
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