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Should we keep funding Israel? America’s $3.8 billion question

Washington TImes - Thursday, October 8, 2026 |
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Should the U.S. keep sending billions in military aid to Israel — or is it time to rethink the relationship?In the debut episode of “The Dialogue,” Ben Freeman, Director of Democratizing Foreign Policy, and Blaise Misztal, Vice President for Policy at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, debate whether U.S. support for Israel makes America safer, drains American resources, strengthens the defense industry, or risks pulling the U.S. deeper into conflicts overseas. The conversation tackles Iran, Gaza, military readiness and the future of the U.S.-Israel alliance.

Misztal said, “Let’s talk about the security benefits that we get from having Israel as a military partner. First of all, if we do want to go with Ben’s approach of using polls to see what the American people want, 80% of Americans think that Iran is a major threat to U.S. national security. They want to prevent a nuclear Iran. They want to contain the Islamic Republic and stop its reign of terror. This war is a war that addresses a threat that the American people understand.

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