Massive Deal: Israel Seeks New 20-Year, Multi-Billion-Dollar Security Aid Agreement with US.

Israel is proactively seeking to negotiate a new security assistance agreement with the United States that would span 20 years, double the length of previous agreements. This initiative is designed to incorporate key clauses that align with the "America First" ideology of the Trump administration, senior Israeli and American officials have revealed.

The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), a ten-year deal signed under President Barack Obama in 2016, is set to expire in 2028. Israel is pushing to finalize negotiations on the new, far-reaching agreement within the next year.

Aligning Aid with "America First"

To secure the support of a future Trump administration, Israel is proposing two significant structural changes to the aid package, which historically provides Israel with nearly $4 billion annually:

According to a senior Israeli official, these cooperation areas would include advanced defense technologies, military Artificial Intelligence (AI), and signature projects like the Iron Dome missile defense system.

This proposed structure is a strategic move to appeal to Trump's political base, as the R&D funding would directly benefit and serve the American military, rather than being solely direct foreign assistance. A senior Israeli official said: "This is thinking outside the box. We want to change the way we managed previous agreements and place a stronger emphasis on cooperation between Israel and the U.S. The Americans like this idea."

Navigating Political Headwinds

While Israel hopes the new agreement will provide an annual sum at least equal to, or even greater than, the previous nearly $4 billion, the negotiation faces significant political complexity.

The process is expected to be difficult both technically and politically due to growing criticism of foreign aid, even among supporters of Trump’s MAGA movement, and bipartisan scrutiny in the U.S. over Israel's use of American-supplied weaponry. The U.S. has a history of long-term security pacts with Israel, with the 2016 MOU being the third ten-year agreement, following deals signed in 1998 ($21.3 billion) and 2008 ($32 billion).

The negotiations for the new MOU were delayed for a long period due to the war, but preliminary discussions have recently begun, according to Israeli and U.S. officials.

The White House declined to comment on the report.