Trump says US will stop $4 billion in aid to Israel

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Opinion polls show that the US public's overall support for Israel has declined mostly due to the Gaza war.
48% : Now we'll help Israel if they need it," he added.
45% : Discussions have been under way on how Washington's assistance to Israel would evolve beyond 2028, and Netanyahu had already said he expects US aid to wind down over time.
39% : Trump, however, appeared to signal that his mind was made up about what would mark a significant shift in US-Israel relations, even as the two countries remain in conflict with Iran more than eight months after jointly attacking the Islamic Republic.
39% : "We've already agreed that by the end of this year we won't be paying Israel.
37% : But he seemed to acknowledge that aid to Israel, no longer the solid source of bipartisan consensus it had been for decades, had become a political liability for him among some voters.
37% : Israel's future leadership is uncertain after an October 27 election in which Netanyahu -- who has allied himself closely to US Republicans -- lost his governing majority but denied his opponents a clear path to unseat him.
33% : Trump did not provide details or explain how the funding would be halted at the end of the year, given that the Memorandum of Understanding that provides $3.8 billion in US military aid to Israel each year does not expire until September 2028.
27% : WASHINGTON--US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would stop $4 billion in annual funding to Israel after this year, but will still sell weapons to its close Middle East ally.
22% : In a surprise announcement as US voters headed to the polls for midterm elections that will decide whether Trump's Republicans will lose control of Congress, he cast the move as partly meant to take away a "bad talking point" he said left-wing Democrats had used against Republicans over support for military assistance to Israel.
22% : Trump told Fox News' "Fox & Friends" programme that Israel no longer needed the funding and that some Democrats and left-wing politicians were using the US financial support to Israel to criticize Republicans.
17% : "Now, as far as paying Israel, Bibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal that we give Israel $4 billion a year, and we made a deal months ago that we're stopping," Trump said.

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