Us aid to israel

Editor's Notes: Israel-US alliance after the aid is gone must become a partnership, not an MoU

Israel should stop talking like a needy recipient. America should stop pretending this is philanthropy. Both governments have decided the aid era is over, and that something new must come next.

US President Barack Obama (C-R), escorted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C-L), view battery of Iron Dome, short-range missile defence system during a welcome ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport on March 20, 2013 near Tel Aviv.
People walk past a projection depicting Israeli and US flags on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on Oct. 22, 2025.

Israel doesn't need unconditional US support to be confident in its own strength - analysis

A VISITOR holds an AIPAC folder in an elevator in Rayburn House Office Building on March 12, 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

AIPAC targeting US congressional candidates who want to condition aid to Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met recently with US Senator (R-SC) Lindsey Graham in Jerusalem. It is likely they discussed the issue of US aid to Israel.

Netanyahu doesn’t want to give up US aid, but he has no choice - opinion


US using drones over Gaza to help Israel search for signs of hostages

US officials have said 10 Americans who remain unaccounted for may be among the more than 200 people taken as hostages into Gaza.

 Israeli artillery stationed near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 2, 2023.

Presidential Address: Biden Tells Americans Russia ‘Annihilating Democracies’

US president advises Israel to avoid the pitfalls of revenge as it intensifies operations against Hamas, urging consideration for Palestinian casualties.

 U.S. President Joe Biden makes remarks after speaking by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the situation in Israel following Hamas' deadly attacks, from the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 10, 2023.

Three out of four Americans support Israel in war against Hamas - poll

Most American voters blamed Hamas for the current war at 72%; 10% blamed Israel alone, 6% blamed both equally, and a final 12% didn't give an opinion.

 JERUSALEM SCHOOLCHILDREN hold Israeli and American flags during a rehearsal for former US President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel in 2013.

There is no US aid to Israel, it's an investment and a debt - opinion

The United States owes a debt of gratitude to Israel for its unwavering commitment to preserving America’s security, democracy, and the well-being of its citizens.

 US PRESIDENTIAL candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has doubled back on the issue of US military aid to Israel, telling ‘Israel Hayom’ that he would consider enlarging aid to Israel if elected.

US must reduce aid given to Israel, Republican candidate Ramaswamy says

Ramaswamy’s popularity is on the rise and he is now close behind Ron DeSantis in national polls.

 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Day Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 28, 2023.

The US should not condition or end military aid to Israel - opinion

US support of Israel’s military isn’t a charitable donation; it supports vital American interests – strategic, defense, cyber, intelligence, R&D, and much more.

 The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

Time to cut US aid – it isn't keeping Israel democratic - opinion

Have they noticed that while US aid keeps flowing and growing, Israel’s “democratic nature” is being eroded by its own government?

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu demonstrated that $3.8 billion from American taxpayers doesn’t buy enough clout to slow down his judicial coup, despite pleas from the US president, says the writer.

Former NSC chiefs: Calls for US to stop aid ‘irresponsible,’ ‘damaging’

“The idea that giving up on aid will give us more freedom to act and then the Americans will stop telling us what to do with the Palestinians is irrelevant,” said Jacob Nagel.

(From left)  JACOB NAGEL, then national security adviser, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee head Avi Dichter at a 2017 meeting in the Knesset. (

Is US aid to Israel conditional? - opinion

Despite Netanyahu’s campaign pledges not to give in to American pressure, he and previous governments have repeatedly done so, even in cases where its benefit to Israel is questionable.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs Martin Indyk, in Jerusalem, in 1999.

Sullivan lands in Israel for Iran talks amid tension with new gov't

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan visits Netanyahu to discuss Iran and the Israel-Palestine conflict

President Isaac Herzog meets with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on January 18, 2023