以色列总统以撒克·赫佐格将美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在中期选举日宣布终止对以色列军事援助的举动描述为“晴天霹雳”。赫佐格在与由加迪·艾森科特领导的亚沙尔党会面时提及了这一问题，艾森科特是总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的主要对手。
Israeli President Isaac Herzog described President Donald Trump’s Midterm Election Day announcement that he would end US military aid to Israel as “a bolt from the blue.”Herzog brought up the issue during a meeting with the Yashar party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, the main rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“美国援助问题让我深感担忧，而且这件事犹如晴天霹雳般降临到我头上。我们与美国有一份谅解备忘录，原定有效期至2028年，这是其中一项主要目标，因此必须组建政府，而不是举行反复的选举，”他说。
“The issue of the American aid worries me greatly, and it also fell on me like a bolt from the blue. We have an (memorandum of understanding) with the US that is supposed to last until 2028 and this is one of the major goals, and therefore a government must be formed and not go to repeated elections,” he said.
特朗普表示，对以色列的援助将于今年结束，比谅解备忘录正式结束提前两年。该备忘录每年向以色列提供38亿美元，用于购买美国武器。
Trump said aid to Israel would end this year, two years ahead of the formal end of the memorandum of understanding (MoU), which provides Israel with $3.8 billion per year to purchase American weaponry.
但他在宣布中提供的细节甚少，该声明是在选举日与福克斯新闻的电话采访中发表的。内塔尼亚胡对此宣布未发表任何公开评论。
But he offered few details in the announcement, which was made in an Election Day phone interview with Fox News. Netanyahu has not made any public comment on the announcement.
美国驻以色列大使迈克·赫克比表示，他正在寻求澄清将发生什么。他在接受以色列第12频道新闻采访时为军事援助辩护，该援助在民主党和共和党中越来越不受欢迎。
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said he was looking for clarification on what would happen. In an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 News, he defended military aid, which has grown increasingly unpopular in both the Democratic and Republican parties.
“美国人需要知道这段关系的价值，”他说。“这不是关于美国人投入了什么，而是关于他们从中得到了什么。也许我们没有很好地帮助美国公众认识到并感激与以色列的伙伴关系，这段伙伴关系每天都在造福他们的生活。”
“Americans need to know the value of the relationship,” he said. “It’s not about what Americans are putting into it. It’s about what they are getting out of it. Maybe we haven’t done a good job helping the American public to recognize and be grateful for the partnership with Israel, which has benefited their lives every day.”
赫克比还不同意副总统JD·万斯的观点，万斯在X上表示，与以色列的关系导致共和党在中期选举中失利。赫克比是以色列的坚定支持者，他说：“我认为对以色列的支持在保守派和共和党中并非有毒。”
Huckabee also disagreed with Vice President JD Vance, who said on X that the relationship with Israel contributed to Republican losses in the midterms. A staunch support of Israel, Huckabee said, “I don’t think support for Israel is toxic in the conservative wing and the Republican Party.”