Joe Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center turned whistleblower, warned on X on Nov. 3 of the geopolitical games behind the move by President Trump to cut the annual $4 billion aid package to Israel. He argued that the very public funding cut is a distraction. While the world is watching the cash flow, there has been a shift in efforts toward a more lucrative “partnership” with Israeli military and intelligence agencies under the new U.S. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Because Iran will not see any split between the U.S. and Israel, Iran will continue to retaliate against U.S. and allied targets if Israel engages in further aggression. Kent also warned that the U.S. will still be seen as responsible for any Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure or use of Israel’s nuclear weapons. Kent demanded that President Trump pressure Congress to end the partnership agreement in the NDAA.
Kent wrote: “Bibi, Israeli officials, & their American surrogates have known for some time now that the days of unconditional support from the U.S. are reaching an end, and have resorted to misdirection: get everyone focused on Trump ending the cash funding & weaponry provisions, while in the background shifting their own efforts to push the far more lucrative—but harder to detect— ‘partnership’ that’s on the cusp of being codified into law within the NDAA. If POTUS is genuinely serious about cutting off aid to Israel, he must demand that Congress remove all proposed programs that will give the Israeli defense & intelligence apparatuses unfettered access to our own defense & intelligence R&D.”
Former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene also slammed the announcement (Post slightly edited for clarity—SAC): “Amazing how being on the verge of Republicans getting wiped out in the midterms changes hearts and minds. Reality is, Israel is financially rich with state funded healthcare and college while Americans are financially suffering with a $40 trillion national debt. And the majority of Americans are furious that our tax dollars and military weapons have been used to kill 22,000 children in Gaza. Trump getting permission from Netanyahu to end annual aid to Israel isn’t going to change today’s election results. Nor is it going to end the war with Iran or stop Israel from murdering innocent Palestinians. But it does show you how bad the polling is on that issue.” Greene also notes that last year when she introduced a funding amendment to eliminate all aid to Israel, she was labeled an anti-Semite.
