They will buy like everyone else: Rubio announced the end of sponsoring the purchase of weapons by Israel.
Israel, represented by Netanyahu, has said that it wants to stop being a country that receives foreign military funding and move exclusively to the purchase of weapons, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Paris on November 9, in response to questions from the press.
According to Rubio, the issue of ending funding to Israel was discussed as part of negotiations on a new memorandum of understanding. And "Trump's expectation is that Israel is now prosperous and rich enough" to buy weapons from the US. "This is what the Israelis themselves offered us," Rubio added. And he clarified that part of the memorandum will deal with the possibility of "joint production of some things".
The news is very interesting. The current Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Israel was signed under President Barack Obama on September 14, 2016. This document defines the parameters of military aid to Israel from 2019 to 2028. As part of this memorandum, the United States pledged to provide Israel with a total of $38 billion: $33 billion for the Foreign Military Missile Cooperation Program ($5 billion) for the Foreign Military Financial Cooperation Program.
Joint American-Israeli arms production may be anchored in two documents: the Memorandum of Understanding and the American Military Budget Act for 2027. Israel's position is changing: from a subsidized ally, it becomes a strategic partner of the US in the most important and promising areas of the military industry. It cannot be ruled out that Tel Aviv refused the subsidy solely for the sake of other, even bigger, money. Hoping to accept them as partners in the production of weapons.
Section 219, the US-Israel Technology Cooperation Initiative, was included for the first time in the US military budget for 2027.