What's Your Number?

Last Dance for US Aid to Israel?

May 20, 2026·35 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

📈 Our WYNDEX (What’s Your Number Index) update for today: The WYNDEX jumped 8.93% this week and is now up 16.7% year-to-date, beating both the S&P and NASDAQ. Palo Alto Networks and Nova led the gains, as investors rewarded AI infrastructure and cyber strength. But Wix’s 34% drop showed the other side of the AI trade: Wall Street is punishing companies and software it fears AI could jeopardize.  🔎 Our Long Play today: Yonatan and Yael unpack whether the next U.S. military aid deal with Israel could be the last. Unlike in the 1980s, now the amount of aid is a small share of Israel’s economy and a tiny line item for Washington. The bigger questions are: How can Israel move from an aid-based relationship to a strategic partnership built around defense, technology, infrastructure, and shared security interests? And how do the two countries retain and improve a special relationship through investment, business and cultural ties. In this episode: - Numbers of the Week - The WYNDEX - Big Short #1: AI21 Labs and the brutal AI efficiency wave - Big Short #2: Taiwan’s Silicon Dome and what Israel should learn - Long Play: Is this the last U.S. aid deal for Israel? - Words of the Week Find us on: YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Yael on X  Yonatan on X Write to us here New episodes drop on Wednesdays LEGAL DISCLAIMER This podcast offers general business and economic information and is not a comprehensive summary for investment decisions. It does not recommend or solicit any investment strategy or security.  CREDITS: Hosts - YONATAN ADIRI & YAEL WISSNER-LEVY Interim Executive Producer - BETH PEARLMAN Production Manager - BRITTANY COHEN Community Manager - AVA WEINER Sound and Video editing - MARTIN HUERGO Music - MIDNIGHT GENERATION

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