Shea Levin — text status

American military aid to Israel is not going to stop at year's end after all, but under a new security agreement taking shape it will be cut in half and phased out within five years. Teams for Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israel's Defense Ministry are racing to finish a new memorandum by the end of 2026. After the current deal through 2028 is honored, Israel would get a similar annual sum for five years only, cutting financing from $33 billion to $16.5 billion, then ending direct weapons funding. Democrats warned that if Prime Minister Netanyahu remains Israel's face, aid could stall.