Isreal needs to move toward a future where it moves into partnership with the United states instead of simply receiving aid, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday.

During an interview broadcast on the CBS show “60 Minutes,” Netanyahu was asked by interviewer Major Garrett if he thought it was “time for the state of Israel to reexamine and possibly reset its financial relationship to the United States? “

“Absolutely. And I’ve said this to President Trump. I’ve said it in– to our own people. Their jaws drop,” Netanyahu said in a videopostedto X.

“What I’m saying is that I want to draw down to zero the American financial support, the financial component of the military cooperation that we have. Because we receive — we received $3.8 billion a year,” he said.

“I think that it’s time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining military support,” he said in the video in a section edited from a later part of the interview. In atranscriptof the interview, he said his goal was to go “from aid to partnership.”

Jumping to another section of the interview, the social media post shows Netanyahu calling for a gradual change in the relationship.

“I said, let’s start now and do it over the next decade, over the next 10 years, but I want to start now. I don’t want to wait for the next Congress. I want to start now,” he said.

The transcript noted that after that comment, Netanyahu said, “But the most important thing, you know, General Keane, who was head of one of your intelligence services said, ‘Of what Israel gave to the United States just on intel, it’s worth five CIAs.’ Now, I don’t know if it’s worth five CIAs or one CIA. I respect the CIA a lot. But in tangible matters, Israel is your best ally. It’s the only one that really provides you with gems of intelligence, shares our incredible technology, appreciates every penny that you gave us, deeply appreciates it.”

“You know, if you go in Israel today, it’s not like other countries. Like, everybody’s pro-American because we appreciate what America stands for. We appreciate the aid that was given. We appreciate what is happening now. We share — we appreciate President Trump’s resolute stand, and the fact that the American military is performing so miraculously and so bravely alongside our brave people, our brave pilots and soldiers. We appreciate all that,” he said.

“But I want, I think it’s time that we — end it over time, an agreed schedule — American military aid, and move from aid to partnership.”

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