The U.S. Needs Israel's Defense Technology

In “The Pro-Israel Case Against Military Aid” (op-ed, May 20), Daniel Samet argues that the sooner military aid to Israel is phased out, “the better for both countries.”

- Rick Richman

A phase-out might be better for Israel—in the same way the phaseout of U.S. economic aid between 1996 and 2006 strengthened Israel’s economy, by making it less dependent on American aid. It isn’t clear that the phase-out would be better for the U.