{"id":14635,"date":"2026-01-27T13:27:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/israel-to-seek-new-security-deal-with-the-us-ft-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:27:23","slug":"israel-to-seek-new-security-deal-with-the-us-ft-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/israel-to-seek-new-security-deal-with-the-us-ft-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel to seek new security deal with the US, FT reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Israel is preparing for talks with the Trump administration on a new 10-year security deal, seeking to extend US military support even as Israeli leaders signal they are planning for a future with reduced American cash grants, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday (Jan 27).<\/p>\n<p>Gil Pinchas, speaking to the FT before stepping down as chief financial adviser to Israel&rsquo;s military and defence ministry, said Israel would seek to prioritise joint military and defence projects over cash handouts in talks that he expected to take place in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The US State Department did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The partnership is more important than just the net financial issue in this context&hellip; there are a lot of things that are equal to money,&rdquo; Pinchas told the FT. &ldquo;The view of this needs to be wider.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pinchas said pure financial support &mdash; or &ldquo;free money&rdquo; &mdash; worth US$3.3 billion (S$4.18 billion) a year, which Israel can use to purchase US weapons, was &ldquo;one component of the MOU (that) could decrease gradually.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, the US and Israeli governments signed a memorandum of understanding for the 10 years through September 2028 that provides US$38 billion in military aid, US$33 billion in grants to buy military equipment and US$5 billion for missile defence systems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped to &ldquo;taper off&rdquo; Israeli dependence on US military aid in the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:728733]]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Israel to seek new security deal with the US, FT reports<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel is preparing for talks with the Trump administration on a new 10-year security deal, seeking to extend US military support even as Israeli leaders signal they are planning for a future with reduced American cash grants, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday (Jan 27). Gil Pinchas, speaking to the FT before stepping down as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/israel-to-seek-new-security-deal-with-the-us-ft-reports\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Israel to seek new security deal with the US, FT reports&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}