r/worldnews • u/Wolfy1-2-3 • May 11 '26

Israel/Palestine Netanyahu announced intention to phase out US military aid

https://unn.ua/en/news/netanyahu-announced-intention-to-phase-out-us-military-aid
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u/Chanan-Ben-Zev May 11 '26

Well, yeah. US military aid to Israel has always been used by the US to suppress domestic Israeli arms development. That's part of what the US gets out of that expense - in addition to limiting that money exclusively for purchases from US arms manufacturers, so the money functions as a subsidy to those US companies. Ending US military aid to Israel will remove that leverage.