Washington Pledges $7 Billion in Military Aid to Israel - Sarmad
The United States has pledged annual military aid to Israel totaling approximately $7 billion over the next two years, amid complexities in ending the funding.
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
Israel has requested billions of dollars in U.S. military equipment, exceeding the value of what the United States has committed to fund, highlighting the difficulty of gradually phasing out Washington’s financial support for Israel, according to the U.S. Wall Street Journal.
The American newspaper clarified that the United States has already pledged to provide Israel with annual military aid of nearly $7 billion over the next two years.
The newspaper revealed that a document issued by the U.S. State Department and sent to Congress indicated that Israel would need approximately $10 billion after 2028 to cover the costs of existing orders as they stood on April 1. It remains unclear how much this figure may have changed since then.
The document showed that Israel requires about $10 billion to settle outstanding military procurement requests, which exceed U.S. financial commitments.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced last Tuesday plans to halt annual aid to Israel (amounting to roughly $4 billion) by the end of 2026 or early 2027, citing an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel would shift to purchasing weapons independently rather than relying on grants.
These massive military requests, combined with current commitments funded by Congress until 2028 under the existing memorandum of understanding, complicate any abrupt termination of aid, as Israel would be forced to shoulder enormous financial burdens at a time when it spends nearly 7% of its GDP on defense.
The Wall Street Journal quoted analysts and former officials, stating that an immediate end to aid is unlikely due to prior congressional funding commitments and legal arrangements concerning Israel’s qualitative military edge.
