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Trump says US will stop paying Israel after year-end

Reuters
Trump says US will stop paying Israel after year-end

WASHINGTON, Nov ‌3 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on ​Tuesday said ‌he made a deal ‌with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that ‌Washington would no longer be providing funding to Israel after the end of ⁠this year.

"Now, as far ‌as paying ⁠Israel, Bibi Netanyahu and I ​have made a deal that we give ​Israel $4 billion a ​year, ‌and we made a deal ​months ago that ⁠we're stopping," Trump ‌told Fox ​News' Fox ​and Friends. "We've already agreed that by the end of this year we ‌won't be paying Israel. Now we'll help ‌Israel ​if they need it."

(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk, Doina Chiacu and Susan Heavey; ‌editing by Michelle Nichols )