The biggest myth about U.S. aid to Israel is finally collapsing – Israel National News

The biggest myth about U.S. aid to Israel is finally collapsing  Israel National News

Joshua Hoffman is a writer and creator of the Future of Jewish , which he describes as the "ultimate newsletter about Judaism and Israel". Future of Jewish is the ultimate newsletter about Judaism and Israel. Subscribe to better understand and become smarter about the Jewish world. This past Tuesday morning, as Americans headed to the polls for their midterm elections, President Donald Trump made a major announcement: The United States would stop providing nearly $4 billion in annual military aid to the Jewish state by the end of 2026. For decades, such an announcement would have been treated as a diplomatic catastrophe. Israeli politicians would have rushed to Washington, American Jewish organizations would have mobilized, and commentators would have warned that the future of the Jewish state was suddenly in jeopardy.

But President Trump just did Israel an enormous favor. Certainly, $4 billion is not an insignificant amount of money. American military assistance has been incredibly important to Israel’s security. And the United States and Israel should not become less friendly. But the end of American military aid could be one of the most important steps toward completing the promise of Israeli independence. For nearly 80 years, the Jewish state has been building toward a moment when it could finally look the world’s greatest superpower in the eye and say