{"id":"n_vz7bdkl4f3f3gfqa4uxa","seq":10191277,"kind":"article","title":"Netanyahu: US military aid to Israel to be phased out","url":"https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261112-netanyahu-us-military-aid-to-israel-to-be-phased-out","summary":"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…","published":"2026-11-12T08:33:54Z","seen":"2026-11-12T08:34:19Z","lang":"en","country":"IR","source":{"id":"kite-middleeastmonitor-com-8112dd","name":"middleeastmonitor.com","domain":"middleeastmonitor.com"},"via":"kite-middleeastmonitor-com-8112dd","topics":["asia & americas","israel","middle east","news","palestine","us"],"authors":["EditorMehdi"],"entities":[{"id":"Q43723","name":"Benjamin Netanyahu","type":"person"}],"image":"https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/AA-20250929-39261659-39261611-DONALD_TRUMP_NETANYAHU_PRESS_CONFERENCE_IN_WASHINGTON_DC.jpg","mentions":3,"story":"st_qepodpnnbai7yekjdkda","category":"politics","category_p":0.76,"category2":"conflict-war","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.61,"political":1.0}