{"id":2601018,"date":"2026-05-10T21:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-says-israel-should-draw-us-financial-support-down-to-zero\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:29:13","slug":"netanyahu-says-israel-should-draw-us-financial-support-down-to-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-says-israel-should-draw-us-financial-support-down-to-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu says Israel should draw US financial support &#8216;down to zero&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetanyahu-says-israel-should-draw-us-financial-support-down-to-zero%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a *60 Minutes* interview that he wants to begin promptly reducing U.S. financial support for Israel\u2019s military-eventually drawing the \u201cfinancial component\u201d down to zero during the current Congress rather than waiting for the next one. He argued Israel should \u201cwean\u201d itself from remaining military assistance,noting the country receives $3.8 billion annually.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu also reiterated that Iran must not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon, and referenced Trump telling him that the U.S. wants to \u201cgo in\u201d to take Iran\u2019s enriched uranium. His remarks came as the war with Iran continues and the same day that trump rejected Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >latest peace proposal<\/a> as \u201ctotally unacceptable.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4562385\/trump-iran-proposal-totally-unacceptable\/\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said that he wants to immediately begin phasing out American financial support for Israel\u2019s military in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/60-minutes\/\"><em>60 Minutes<\/em><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gL2jFwZ16xo\">interview that aired<\/a> Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu said he wants to draw that aid \u201cdown to zero\u201d and do so during the current Congress, adding that he\u2019s said this to President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4560187\/power-vacuum-al-qaeda-central-sahel\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>How great power competition in the central Sahel helped open a vacuum for al Qaeda<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4562051\/putin-thinks-war-coming-to-end-ceasefire-into-effect\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Putin thinks Ukraine war \u2018coming to an end\u2019 as three-day ceasefire goes into effect<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4561820\/spain-readies-evacuations-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-canary-islands\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Spain readies for evacuations as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spain-readies-for-evacuations-as-a-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-heads-for-the-canary-islands\/\" title=\"Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands\">hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads<\/a> for the Canary Islands<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI want to draw down to zero the American financial support, the financial component of the military cooperation that we have,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause we receive \u2013 we receive $3.8 billion a year. And I \u2013 I think that it\u2019s time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining military support.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>When asked about timing, Netanyahu said that he wants to start the process \u201cnow\u201d and that he doesn\u2019t \u201cwant to wait for the next Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4562385\/trump-iran-proposal-totally-unacceptable\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS LATEST IRAN PEACE PROPOSAL IS \u2018TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-panel-to-interview-trump-counsel-after-2-year-battle\/\" title=\"House Panel to Interview Trump Counsel After 2-Year Battle\">long-awaited interview<\/a> came as the war in Iran drags on, with neither side caving to the desired points of the other. Netanyahu emphasized that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon during the interview, adding that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4562222\/netanyahu-trump-iran-uranium-operation\/\">Trump has told Netanyahu<\/a> that he wants to \u201cgo in\u201d and take Iran\u2019s enriched uranium.<\/p>\n<p>The comments came the same day that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4562385\/trump-iran-proposal-totally-unacceptable\/\">Trump rejected<\/a> Iran\u2019s latest peace proposal, calling it \u201ctotally unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netanyahu said he wants to phase out U.S. aid \u201cto zero\u201d in 60 Minutes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3238,"featured_media":2601019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26078679536646-e1774821077777.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[49208,4671,43212,6524,59603],"class_list":["post-2601018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-foreign-aid","tag-israel","tag-middle-east-politics","tag-netanyahu","tag-us-israel-relations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26078679536646-e1774821077777.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601018"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601022,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601018\/revisions\/2601022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2601019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}