Netanyahu: US military aid to Israel to be phased out
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged on Wednesday that US military aid to Israel would be gradually phased out. A statement issued by Netanyahu’s office said he had declared in 1996 that Israel would gradually stop receiving US financial aid, which amounted to $1.3 billion, and had fulfilled that pledge. “Thirty years later, Netanyahu has declared that Israel’s economy is strong enough to gradually stop receiving US military aid as well,” the statement…