US-Israel Military Partnership Proposal

Will that drawing down of foreign aid from the United States to Israel be

compensated by the proposal to have a merging of some sort

between our Pentagon and your military?

I'm calling it from aid to partnership.

We take away the money that is given to Israel,

which is one part, but the other part is we invest,

co invest in equal measures in the new technologies that are needed

to give our military and your military the advantage.

So we want, there are some unbelievable projects.

So we invest jointly and take the fruits equally.

You move from aid to partnership and I think that represents what Israel is.

And remember the other thing is that we share with America unbelievable

intelligence to save American life.

General Keegan has said that

when he was working in American intelligence,

what Israel was giving the United States was worth, he said, five CIAs.

And I don't, I'm not trying to be mathematically exact,

but Israel's contributions to America's defense are important.

Our technology is incredible.

And since yours is incredible too,

and you're the great champion of liberty and free markets,

I think the meshing of our two great countries of talent would,

would strengthen the America's position,

competitive position, both in the economic marketplace and in the military

battlefield in many important ways. So that's the idea.

The idea is to take away aid, one sided aid, and move it into bilateral

investments.