“This is exactly what Israel wanted.” Donald Trump is not ending US aid to Israel; he’s doing the opposite. On Novara Live, journalist and US foreign policy expert Eli Clifton explains that Israel knows the policy of sending the country billions of dollars each year is politically toxic and gives the US leverage. So instead, lobbyists have been pushing to replace the aid package with Section 219, a provision that mandates the US to co-develop weapons systems with Israel. This will interweave the US military-industrial complex even more deeply with Israeli interests, making it harder than ever for US leaders to end support, Clifton says.

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