Foreign Leader Netanyahu Calls US/Israeli Military Merger Provision In The NDAA “My Plan”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to section 224 of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (which would merge his military with the U.S. military) as “my plan” in a letter he wrote to Republican Congressman Marlin Stutzman on Monday.

“I was glad to receive your proposed Congressional resolution endorsing my plan to shift the framework for U.S.-Israel defense cooperation from aid to partnership,” foreign leader Netanyahu said of the U.S. bill section that would merge his military into the U.S. military.

“I am heartened by your enthusiastic support for our plan to develop a new Memorandum of Understanding with the United States government that will draw down U.S. financial military assistance over the next decade and replace it with what you refer to as a ‘new framework of joint defense cooperation, codevelopment, coproduction and mutual investment in areas including advanced missile defense, artificial intelligence unmanned systems, cybersecurity and next generation military platforms,” Netanyahu continued.

Middle East Monitor discussed the cozy relationship between the American politician and the foreign leader:

Netanyahu met Stutzman in Jerusalem on 27 May, 2026, one week before the resolution was introduced. Stutzman’s office said the resolution was introduced after the meeting and after Netanyahu gave his “enthusiastic support” for the legislation. The sequence suggests that the legislation was not simply a congressional initiative endorsed by Israel, but an Israeli initiative channelled through Congress.

The framing of ending U.S. aid has been welcomed in some quarters as a sign that Israel is becoming self-sufficient and that the United States is reducing its financial exposure to a country facing international isolation and war crimes proceedings. That reading is contradicted by the letter’s contents and by parallel legislation advancing through Congress.

Congress held a voice vote to strip the provision on Thursday, but the amendment failed to pass. The 2027 NDAA has yet to be signed into law at this time.

With Israel becoming increasingly unpopular with Americans, the Jewish State appears to be making its move to fully take over the U.S. before it loses it.

Middle East Monitor said:

The political context for the manoeuvre is significant. U.S. aid to Israel has become increasingly unpopular, particularly since Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its widening regional wars. A New York Times/Siena poll found that 57 per cent of Americans oppose providing economic and military aid to Israel, while 37 per cent support it. The same survey found that 37 per cent sympathise more with Palestinians, compared with 35 per cent who sympathise more with Israelis.

Gallup has also found that, for the first time in its trend, Israelis no longer hold an advantage over Palestinians in American sympathies, with 41 per cent sympathising more with Palestinians and 36 per cent with Israelis. Among Americans aged 18 to 34, a majority — 53 per cent — now sympathise more with Palestinians.

Other polling points in the same direction. Pew Research found that 59 per cent of Americans have an unfavourable view of the Israeli government, while 52 per cent have a favourable view of the Palestinian people. Gallup found that 57 per cent of U.S. adults support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, close to the highest level it has recorded.