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Senator-elect El-Sayed Backs Trump's Israel Aid Cut · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: We begin today with significant developments concerning United States policy
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  Speaker 1: towards Israel. Newly elected Michigan Senator Abdel El-Said has publicly
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  Speaker 1: welcomed President Trump's reported plan to end approximately $ 4 billion
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  Speaker 1: in annual US military aid to Israel by December of 2026.
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  Speaker 1: In an interview, El-Sayed stated, quote, I think the president
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  Speaker 1: is actually right on this policy. He also called for
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  Speaker 1: a complete halt to American arms sales, adding he'd like
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  Speaker 1: to see the US stop selling weaponry used for genocide
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  Speaker 1: and apartheid. President Trump, speaking on Tuesday, claimed that Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had initially proposed ending the aid himself.
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  Speaker 1: While the specifics of the agreement remain unclear, the existing
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  Speaker 1: military assistance agreement provides Israel with $ 3. 8 billion annually. through
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  Speaker 1: fiscal year 2028. Prime Minister Netanyahu has previously expressed his
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  Speaker 1: intention to gradually reduce Israel's dependence on US military assistance
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  Speaker 1: over the next decade. Turning to security in the disputed territories,
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  Speaker 1: Israeli forces and border police bomb disposal experts located and
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  Speaker 1: safely destroyed an improvised explosive device near Nur Shams, outside Tolkien.
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  Speaker 1: The device was reportedly planted to target Israeli security forces.
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  Speaker 1: No injuries were reported in the incident. In Jerusalem, a
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  Speaker 1: security incident occurred at the president's residence. Israeli police reportedly
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  Speaker 1: detected traces of a suspicious substance during a security screening
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  Speaker 1: of a foreign journalist entering the building. A police bomb
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  Speaker 1: squad was dispatched to investigate, and staff and journalists were
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  Speaker 1: briefly ordered to shelter in place. The shelter-in-place order has
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  Speaker 1: since been lifted. Looking at broader political trends, reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: that following the recent midterm elections, Incoming members of Congress
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  Speaker 1: are expected to increase pressure on Israel and advance anti-Israel politics,
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  Speaker 1: a development that some observers link to a normalisation of
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  Speaker 1: anti-Zionism within parts of the political landscape. For continuing coverage
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