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Israel's Prime Minister's Office said on 11 November 2026 that the country's strong economy allows it to gradually end US military assistance. It said Netanyahu had fulfilled his 1996 pledge to gradually end Washington's financial aid, then $1.2 billion, against a current total of nearly $4 billion, and that Netanyahu had said in May on CBS's 60 Minutes that he wanted to draw US financial support down to zero. The PMO's post on X framed the move as a shift from aid to partnership, which it said reflected the strength of the relationship with the United States. The Jerusalem Post reported that the PMO made the claim. The PMO attributed the move jointly to Netanyahu and President Trump, and its spokesman Doron Spielman told Fox News that the prime minister had been working with Trump on the transition. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Paris that Israel had graduated beyond needing financial aid, and the Post reported that Trump claimed on 3 November that Netanyahu had personally proposed ending the aid. The Post also reported that Israel's defence establishment was shocked by Trump's announcement and was unclear what it meant for budgets and weapons sales.