Israeli think tank proposes new US-Israel security pact

Aug 23, 2026

A hawkish pro-Israel think tank has laid out a plan to bind the US military far more tightly to Israel, and it is drawing sharp pushback as a raid on American money and sovereignty.

  • The Jewish Institute for National Security of America wants a new 10-year deal locking in $3.8 billion a year in US military aid — about $40 billion total.
  • The plan also asks for a permanent US base and CENTCOM headquarters in Israel, merged defense industries, Israel inside the Golden Dome missile shield, and a limited mutual defense treaty.
  • It proposes a NATO-style bloc where the US arms Arab states to defend Israel, with membership conditioned on normalizing ties with Israel and sidelining the Palestinians.
  • The group admits Israel's political standing with the American public has badly eroded, and argues for deeper integration anyway.
  • Headlines saying Israel wants to wean itself off US aid leave out the ten more years of payments buried in the proposal.

Outlook: Several of the group's ideas already made it into the House defense bill, so expect more of this package to move through Congress with little debate or public attention.

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