{"id":259727,"date":"2026-01-27T07:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/259727\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T07:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:54:11","slug":"israel-to-seek-new-us-security-pact-while-reducing-reliance-on-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/259727\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel to seek new US security pact while reducing reliance on aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel is preparing for talks with the <a id=\"rJjee43FyLUZx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/topics\/Trump_administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump administration<\/a> on a new 10-year security agreement, seeking to extend U.S. military support while planning for a future with reduced American cash grants, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.Gil Pinchas, who recently stepped down as chief financial adviser to Israel\u2019s <a id=\"By2glVnYy8LZg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/topics\/Defense_Ministry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Defense Ministry<\/a> and military, told the Financial Times that Israel would seek to prioritize joint military and defense projects over direct financial assistance. He said talks are expected to take place in the coming weeks.<a class=\"gelleryOpener\" aria-label=\"open article gallery\" data-image-id=\"ArticleImageData.Skx99aRrLZl\" id=\"image_ArticleImageData.Skx99aRrLZl\"><\/p>\n<p>1 View gallery <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.Skx99aRrLZl\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SkpvVtRrbe_0_0_850_479_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"\u05db\u05d9\u05e4\u05ea \u05d1\u05e8\u05d6\u05dc\" title=\"Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu  (Photo: IDF, Dana Kopel, Carlos Osorio\/ AP) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.Skx99aRrLZl\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SkpvVtRrbe_0_0_850_479_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"\u05db\u05d9\u05e4\u05ea \u05d1\u05e8\u05d6\u05dc\" title=\"Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu  (Photo: IDF, Dana Kopel, Carlos Osorio\/ AP) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu <\/p>\n<p>(Photo: IDF, Dana Kopel, Carlos Osorio\/ AP)<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe partnership is more important than just the net financial issue in this context,\u201d Pinchas told the Financial Times. \u201cThere are a lot of things that are equal to money. The view of this needs to be wider.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pinchas said direct financial support, about 3.3 billion dollars a year that Israel can use to purchase US weapons, was \u201cone component of the memorandum of understanding that could decrease gradually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, the United States and Israel signed a 10-year memorandum of understanding running through September 2028, providing 38 billion dollars in military aid. That includes 33 billion dollars in grants for military equipment purchases and 5 billion dollars for missile defense systems.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped to gradually reduce Israel\u2019s dependence on US military aid over the next decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel is preparing for talks with the Trump administration on a new 10-year security agreement, seeking to extend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-259727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}