Isaac Herzog says the aid announcement worries him greatly and came like a bolt from the blue
Isaac HerzogPresident of Israel, as quoted by Kurdistan24
Israel's president says the issue of American aid worries him greatly, that the announcement struck him like a bolt from the blue, and that Israel has a memorandum of understanding with the United States that is supposed to last until 2028.
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Trump says he and Netanyahu agreed months ago, at Netanyahu's suggestion, that the roughly $4 billion a year the United States gives Israel will stop at the end of 2026 because Israel no longer needs it.
“The issue of American aid worries me greatly, and this announcement struck me like a bolt from the blue.”
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Trump says U.S. aid to Israel will end this year under a deal with Netanyahu; Israeli finance officials say they knew of no such plan
On Fox & Friends on November 3, 2026, Trump said the roughly $4 billion a year the United States gives Israel will be cut off at the end of the year under a deal he made with Netanyahu. The current aid agreement runs through 2028.
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Kurdistan24 reports the November 6 statement by Netanyahu's office and says it did not address Trump's assertion that the two sides agreed to end the aid by the end of the year. It quotes Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who on Thursday described the announcement as coming like a bolt from the blue.
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Kurdistan24 reports that Herzog described the announcement on Thursday as coming like a bolt from the blue.
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He says Israel has a memorandum of understanding with the United States that is supposed to last until 2028, and that a government must be formed and repeated elections avoided.
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The reference point is Trump's announcement that U.S. aid to Israel will end at the end of 2026 under a deal with Netanyahu. Herzog says the announcement worries him greatly and points to the agreement that runs to 2028, a negative assessment of the early end Trump announced.
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