The Arab parties as coalition partners - past precedents and present perils
The participation of the anti-Zionist Arab parties in Israel’s parliamentary elections is a multiple travesty of law, of reason, and of basic common sense. Opinion.
On November 4, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States will cease a 10-year security assistance agreement with Israel, which had provided $3.8 billion in annual aid until 2028. Trump stated that Israel was "fine" with the discontinuation of the assistance, which had begun in 2019 and was signed under his predecessor, Barack Obama, three years prior.
In an interview on Fox and Friends, Trump affirmed that the US would continue to support Israel if necessary, emphasizing that the country was the nation's top ally and had received more financial and military aid than any other nation since 1946. Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had expressed a desire to reduce Israel's reliance on US support, with Netanyahu calling for increased military autonomy and a reduction in dependence on Washington in June.
In January, Netanyahu told The Economist that he hoped to achieve this goal within a decade, while in May, he told CBS that he aimed for the assistance to reach "zero". The decision to end the aid faced criticism from Israeli opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot, who accused Netanyahu of endangering the country's security by making the strategic relationship public before the Israeli public could become aware.
Trump's announcement was partly motivated by attacks from Democratic challenger Abdul El-Sayed, who has capitalized on anti-Israel sentiment to bolster his campaign for the US Senate in the upcoming midterm elections.
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