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House passes annual defense bill with key Israel provisions

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Thursday for fiscal year 2024. The NDAA includes several provisions designed to support Israel and counter Iran. The annual defense spending bill passed...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, at the annual J Street Conference in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 28, 2019. Credit: Michael Brochstein/Split Stone Media.

J Street joins anti-Israel groups in support of Gaza amendment to defense bill

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J Street has joined with several dozen largely anti-Israel groups, including some that support the BDS movement, in calling for the U.S. Senate to adopt the Gaza amendment as part of the 2022 National...
An Iron Dome air-defense battery set near the southern Israeli city of Ashdod fires an intercepting missile on July 14, 2014. Photo by David Buimovitch/Flash90.

The baleful significance of the Democrats’ Iron Dome fiasco

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According to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, when the Democrats withdrew from their embattled spending bill $1 billion in emergency funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, this was merely a “technicality” that would...
Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) speaking on the floor of the House about a bill to fund the Iron Dome missile-defense system to Israel. Source: Screenshot/C-SPAN.

After rough few days, Iron Dome funding prevails, but not without partisan finger-pointing

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Pro-Israel Democrats scrambled on Thursday to restore approximately $1 billion to help fund the replenishment of Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system after funding was stripped earlier this week from the House of Representatives’ legislation...
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Bennett, Gantz thank US after lawmakers overwhelmingly approve Iron Dome funding

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Defense Minister Benny Gantz posted messages of thanks to the United States minutes after the House of Representatives voted in favor of supplying Israel with $1 billion worth...
Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman (left) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz in Ramat Gan on March 9, 2020. At the time, Lieberman was a member of Knesset and Gantz was head of the opposition. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli government agrees on increased defense budget for 2022

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Defense Minister Benny Gantz have agreed on a defense budget to be passed as part of the state budget for 2022: 58 billion shekels...
U.S. Capitol. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US Senate votes to continue security aid to Israel

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The U.S. Senate passed a $740.5 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2021 on Thursday that includes the continuation of American assistance to Israel for missile-defense programs and other initiatives. The vote tally was...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz lead the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 7, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Netanyahu calls for $960 million supplement to defense budget

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the Finance Ministry, together with the National Security Council and defense officials, to locate budgetary sources for a NIS 3.3 billion ($960 million) supplement to the defense budget...