Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\nplans to \u201cstop\u201d his country\u2019s dependence on the United States (US). This\nis particularly related to the financial aid that Washington has been\nproviding to Tel Aviv all this time.<\/p>\n
It should be noted that Israel is the largest recipient of US foreign\naid since the Second World War. The Zionist state has received more than\nUS$300 billion (approximately Rp5.25 quadrillion) in economic and\nmilitary aid from the US since 1948.<\/p>\n
Based on a ten-year agreement signed in 2016, the US is committed to\nproviding US$38 billion in military aid to Israel until 2028, including\nUS$5 billion for the Iron Dome missile defence system. Overall, American\naid accounts for around 16% of the country\u2019s military budget.<\/p>\n
This was revealed in an interview with CBS\u2019 60 Minutes aired on\nSunday. At that time, Netanyahu was asked whether it was time for the\nJewish state to \u201cre-examine and possibly readjust\u201d its financial\nrelationship with Washington.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course. I have said this to President Trump. I have said it to\nour own people. They were shocked,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to reduce to zero the American financial support, the\nfinancial component of the military cooperation we have,\u201d he added,\nstating that the process must \u201cstart now\u201d and be completed \u201cin the next\nten years\u201d.<\/p>\n
On the same occasion, Netanyahu also noted that he is very aware of\nthe declining support for Israel in the US. A recent Pew poll showed\nthat six out of ten Americans have a very or somewhat unfavourable view\nof Israel, up seven percentage points from last year and nearly 20\npoints since 2022.<\/p>\n
However, he firmly rejected the notion that the war in Gaza may have\n\u201ccontributed to this negative impression of Israel\u201d. He instead blamed\nthe change almost entirely on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cIsrael is besieged on the media front, on the propaganda front, and\nwe have not succeeded in the propaganda war,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have some countries that are basically manipulating social media\nwith bot farms with fake addresses, to break American sympathy for\nIsrael,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in March, US Senator Bernie Sanders proposed three\nresolutions aimed at blocking arms sales worth nearly US$660 million to\nIsrael. He argued that three-quarters of Democrats and two-thirds of\nindependents oppose Washington sending weapons to the country.<\/p>\n
The Democratic Party is the opposition to the current government. US\nPresident Donald Trump considers himself to be from the Republican\nParty.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/whats-up-with-netanyahu-suddenly-says-israel-must-break-free-from-the-us-1778579604", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }