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The Next U.S.-Israel Military-Assistance Agreement


(Defense One) Amb. Daniel B. Shapiro - The current 10-year U.S.-Israel military-assistance Memorandum of Understanding, which I helped negotiate while serving as U.S. Ambassador to Israel, runs through fiscal 2028. It provides Israel with $3.3 billion in foreign military financing and $500 million for missile defense programs. A new 10-year MOU would start in fiscal 2029, less than four years away. We started negotiating the current MOU following President Obama's visit to Israel in March 2013, and took until September 2016 to sign it. Both sides agreed it was crucial to sign two years before the previous MOU expired. That enabled the Israel Defense Forces to make decisions on major acquisitions with realistic funding projections - including on additional F-35 aircraft. The writer, U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017, served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy.
2025-02-04 00:00:00
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