Netanyahu Pushes 'Armaments Independence' as Israel Arms Exports Hit Record $19bn

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for Israel to build its own weapons-production capacity, reducing reliance on US military aid, as Israel's arms exports reached a record $19 billion last year. This move toward military self-sufficiency is prophetically significant — Scripture describes a last-days Israel standing largely alone among the nations, a sovereign and formidable military power in its own right. Ezekiel 38 depicts Israel dwelling without walls in the end times, suggesting a nation of confident self-reliance, while the isolation of Israel from traditional allies aligns with prophecies of all nations turning against her before the final climactic battle.