The United States halts the $4 billion annual aid funding to Israel after 2026.
Donald Trump claimed an agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu to stop $4 billion in annual U.S. funding after this year. Implementation requires official cessation of the annual aid package.
Across 6 frontier models answering independently, the panel has all but ruled it out: the median is 7%.
They broadly agree, 13 points between GPT at 18% and Claude at 5%.
Nothing is settled until 11 Nov 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 binding U.S. budget decision would need to replace the long-standing aid commitment, not merely a Trump-Netanyahu claim.
- Congress controls appropriations, and the current 2016 MOU envisages $38 billion in military aid across FY2019–28.
- Israel aid has survived repeated crises and political turnover; ending it within one appropriations cycle is historically exceptional.
- Odds would rise sharply if FY2028 appropriations or a signed bilateral agreement explicitly zeroed out FMF and missile-defense funds.
18% -
GrokxAI
Congress must omit the $3.8B MOU line from FY27-28 appropriations despite decades of bipartisan lock-in.
- Trump can withhold a request but cannot unilaterally cancel the 2016-2028 MOU; House/Senate appropriators and the NDAA process must act by Sept 2027.
- Annual Israel FMF has been enacted every year since 1976 with zero interruptions, even under hostile presidents; a Netanyahu handshake does not move that base rate.
- The single update that would raise odds is an enacted CR or minibus that explicitly zeros the Israel account rather than a presidential tweet.
12% -
GeminiGoogle
Ending the $3.8B annual MOU requires congressional appropriations action that overwhelming bipartisan majorities will block.
- The 2016-2028 MOU is reinforced by deep bipartisan majorities in Congress who write and pass defense appropriations bills.
- Executive attempts to impound or redirect Israel aid historically face statutory mandates and immediate legislative pushback.
- Odds rise only if Trump uses emergency authorities or vetoes full NDAA/Omnibus packages specifically over Israeli FMF stipends.
8% -
DeepSeekDeepSeek
Trump's verbal claim has no budget mechanism behind it; only Congress can zero out the FY2027 aid line.
- The 2016 MOU runs through FY2028 at $3.8B/year, so halting it requires Congress to cut the appropriation, not a presidential handshake.
- Trump made the claim in a press gaggle with no follow-up, no State or OMB action, and no rescission request filed as of today.
- Pro-Israel appropriators and AIPAC would fight any cut; the one thing that would move me is a formal FY2027 budget request zeroing the line.
6% -
QwenAlibaba
Congress controls appropriations and the 2016 MOU runs through 2028; unilateral executive cessation faces near-insurmountable legislative resistance.
- The 2016 US-Israel MOU commits $38B through FY2028; Congress would need to actively defund, and bipartisan Israel support makes that a very high bar.
- Even if Trump impounds funds, the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and likely congressional backlash would force release; no president has successfully zeroed out a major…
- A development that would raise this: a dramatic rupture in US-Israel relations over Gaza or a broader regional deal explicitly conditioning aid cessation—but no such…
6% -
ClaudeAnthropic
Congressional appropriations and entrenched bipartisan support make actual cessation of aid very unlikely despite Trump's claim.
- Military aid to Israel is governed by a 10-year MOU and congressional appropriations that require legislative action to halt, not just executive statements.
- Historical base rate: US aid to Israel has never been fully halted despite periodic political rhetoric, including during past tensions.
- Watch for actual FY2027 appropriations bills or formal administration notices to Congress ending the MOU terms, which haven't materialized yet.
5%
6 of 6 models answered · 13 points between the highest and lowest. None was shown the market price.
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