The United States halts its $4 billion annual aid to Israel by the end of 2026.
President Trump stated that the US would discontinue providing $4 billion in yearly assistance to Israel while continuing arms sales. Resolution requires an official implementation halting the aid before 2027.
Across 6 frontier models answering independently, the panel has all but ruled it out: the median is 7%.
They broadly agree, 14 points between GPT at 18% and Gemini at 4%.
Nothing is settled until 6 Feb 2027, when the outcome is checked against sources and every number above gets a permanent score.
What each one said
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GPTOpenAI
A complete cutoff needs Trump to overcome Congress’s entrenched, bipartisan appropriations support for Israel.
- Congress must omit or bar the aid in FY2027 appropriations, and the fiscal year began on October 1, 2026.
- U.S. security aid has survived repeated wars and policy disputes; annual FMF funding is usually authorized well ahead of disbursement.
- A signed FY2027 bill explicitly zeroing Israel aid, rather than delayed funds or conditions, would sharply raise the odds.
18% -
GrokxAI
Whether appropriated FMF is actually stopped, not just announced, before 31 Dec.
- Congress must pass or Trump must withhold FY26/27 funds; the purse is theirs and Israel aid is in the MOU and annual bills.
- No precedent for a full halt in <2 months; even Trump-era pauses were partial and reversed.
- A signed CR or NDAA omitting the $3.8 B line by mid-December would flip this; nothing else would.
12% -
QwenAlibaba
Congress controls the purse; no mechanism exists for unilateral presidential impoundment of appropriated Israel aid.
- The 2016 MOU commits $3.8B/year through FY2028; halting it requires new legislation or a rescission approved by both chambers.
- Even during Trump's first term, Israel aid was maintained or increased; no Congress has ever voted to zero out Israel FMF.
- A development that would change this: a budget reconciliation bill explicitly rescinding Israel FMF passing both houses before January 2027.
7% -
ClaudeAnthropic
Needs actual congressional/executive action to cut the $4B MOU-backed aid, not just a Trump remark.
- Israel aid flows via a 10-year MOU through FY2028 with strong bipartisan congressional backing, making a unilateral halt legally and politically hard.
- Trump has made similar offhand statements before without follow-through on formal policy change, so base rate for actual implementation is low.
- Only a clear executive order or legislative action explicitly halting aid before Dec 2026 would flip this; no such process is currently underway.
6% -
DeepSeekDeepSeek
Trump's verbal threat lacks any implementing action, and the 2016 MOU legally binds aid through 2028.
- Trump's remark was rhetorical; the 10-year MOU signed in 2016 runs through 2028, so halting it requires Congress to rescind or reprogram funds.
- Congressional pro-Israel majorities and AIPAC would block any rescission; no appropriations bill has moved to cut this aid.
- The one development that would change my mind is a formal State Department or OMB notice terminating FMF disbursements before 2027.
5% -
GeminiGoogle
Halting statutory military aid requires Congress to dismantle the 10-year MOU, which holds veto-proof bipartisan support.
- The 2016 MOU commits $3.8B annually through FY2028 via appropriations that Congress reliably funds over executive objections.
- With under two months until 2027, passing legislation or an impoundment mechanism to freeze aid faces insurmountable legislative delays.
- A formal executive impoundment challenge would be immediately tied up in federal court rather than successfully implemented.
4%
6 of 6 models answered · 14 points between the highest and lowest. None was shown the market price.
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