Raphael Ben-Levy
Senior fellow and reserve IDF intelligence officer specializing in national security and Zionist strategy; director of the Churchill Program for Statecraft and Security and author of the Foreign Affairs essay arguing the U.S. should be Israel's partner, not its patron.
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May 1, 2026 • 1h 4min
Dr. Raphael BenLevi on Ending U.S. Aid to Israel
Raphael Ben-Levy, a senior fellow and reserve IDF intelligence officer focused on national security and Zionist strategy, argues that recent US-Israel combat integration and regional shifts make traditional US grant aid outdated. He discusses operational interoperability, Israel’s growing strategic autonomy, how aid shapes policy, and what a mature, equal partnership without grant dependence might look like.
