{
  "id": 18039712,
  "title": "Trump says US ending $3.8 bil. in annual aid for Israel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/trump-says-us-ending-3-8-bil-in-annual-aid-for-israel-18039712",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T23:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261104/trump-says-us-ending-38-bil-in-annual-aid-for-israel"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States will cease its annual $3.8 billion in aid to Israel during the midterm elections, a day when support for Israel has been a contentious issue. The decision was made following a deal months ago, according to Trump, who spoke with Fox News in a phone interview. He suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was content with the aid ending.\n\nUnder the agreement, Israel receives financial assistance for purchasing around $3.8 billion worth of weapons annually. Trump stated that the U.S. would continue to aid Israel if needed, and praised the nation as thriving. The announcement emerged as Americans cast votes in crucial midterm elections, which will decide control of Congress for the remaining two years of Trump's presidency, and soon after Israel's parliamentary elections that failed to produce a clear winner.\n\nIsrael, since its founding in 1948, has received over $300 billion in U.S. economic and military assistance, adjusted for inflation, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Washington would end its annual $3.8 billion in aid to Israel, on the day of midterm elections in which support for Israel has been a contentious issue. \"We give Israel $4 billion a year, and we made a deal months ago that we're stopping,\" Trump said during a phone interview with Fox News. Trump said Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin…",
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        "published": "2026-11-03T14:16:39.000Z"
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Trump says U.S. will stop giving $4 billion in aid to Israel next year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/trump-says-u-s-will-stop-giving-4-billion-in-aid-to-israel-next-year",
        "published": "2026-11-03T14:28:39.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Trump: US ending US$3.8b in annual aid for Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/trump-us-ending-us-3-8b-in-annual-aid-for-israel",
        "published": "2026-11-03T22:21:12.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Trump says US ending $4 billion in annual aid for Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/trump-says-us-ending-4-billion-in-annual-aid-for-israel",
        "published": "2026-11-03T22:36:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Greene: Trump’s Israel aid announcement shows ‘how bad the polling is’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/greene-trumps-israel-aid-announcement-shows-how-bad-the-polling-is",
        "published": "2026-11-03T23:06:04.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "US to cut nearly $4 billion in Israel military aid, Trump says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/us-to-cut-nearly-4-billion-in-israel-military-aid-trump-says",
        "published": "2026-11-04T00:21:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Trump says US ending US$3.8 billion in annual aid for Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/trump-says-us-ending-us-3-8-billion-in-annual-aid-for-israel",
        "published": "2026-11-04T00:37:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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