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IDF Mulls Possible U.S. Aid Halt Effects
[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz and Herb Keinon - Amid growing tension between Jerusalem and Washington, the IDF and the Defense Ministry have held brainstorming sessions to discuss the possibility that the U.S. would cut military aid to Israel. The discussion came just hours before a State Department spokesman said that it was still "premature" to talk about financial sanctions against Israel for its refusal to freeze settlement construction. Israeli defense officials said it was possible to interpret the remark as meaning that now it is premature, but that at a later date sanctions might be realistic. Israeli diplomatic officials, on the other hand, completely discounted the likelihood that the current disagreements with the U.S. would lead to punitive sanctions against Israel. One official said there was no concern at this time in the Foreign Ministry that Washington would use this weapon, especially since its pressure on the Arab world to take gestures toward Israel is not bearing any fruit, but no one is talking about potential sanctions against the Arab world for not positively responding to the president.