US and Israel negotiating $3 billion aid payments through 2033, despite Trump saying aid will end this year

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The United States and Israel are negotiating annual $3.3 billion military aid payments through 2033, despite President Donald Trump’s announcement that aid to Israel would end this year.

Trump’s sudden announcement that the U.S. would stop sending aid to Israel on the morning of the midterm elections took the world by shock, and brought into question whether such a move could be taken unilaterally so quickly. Within a week of the announcement, Israeli media reported that negotiations were ongoing to continue some aid, under a framework that would keep aid going until at least 2033.

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