Posts Tagged: Iron Dome Funding
US House Approves $1 Billion Funding for Israel’s Iron Dome
i24 News - Israel's defense and foreign ministers on Thursday thanked the US House of Representatives for approving a $1 billion package to fund interceptor...
Iron Dome Funding Delayed by Republican Senator Rand Paul
i24 News - Democrat Bob Menendez introduced a unanimous consent resolution to the Senate floor on Monday to fund Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system,...
Leading US Jewish Organization Hails Support From Biden, Congress for ‘Life-Saving’ Israeli Missile Defense
The umbrella body representing the main US Jewish communal groups praised on Friday recent US support for helping replenish the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense...
11 of 37 U.S. Lawmakers Who Didn’t Support Iron Dome Funding Backed by J Street
JNS.org - Eleven of 37 U.S. lawmakers who did not vote in favor of emergency aid for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system have...
Hamas Versus Israel: Moral Clarity Awards
In an earlier piece I offered ten candidates for the Moral Fog Award. These were countries, institutions, and leaders who couldn't, or wouldn't, make a clear moral...
Iron Dome Flap a Rare Moment of Uncertainty for Congressional Support of Israel
JNS.org - Few issues in the U.S. Congress have as much bipartisan support as pro-Israel legislation. It is difficult to find a member of...
Senate Approves Initially Blocked Iron Dome Funding
JNS.org - The United States Senate on Friday passed $225 million in emergency funding for Israel's highly successful Iron Dome missile defense system. Initially,...
IAF Strikes Gaza Targets After Mortar Attack on Israel
A tumultuous post-Passover period continued in Israel on Wednesday morning when Palestinian terrorists fired two rockets at the southern Israeli city of Sderot, following the...
Hagel to Barak: US Will Keep Funding Israeli Missile Defense
Times of Israel - US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak Tuesday that while the US continues to believe...
House Majority Leader Cantor Worried Some Legislators ‘Overlook’ Israel
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), the only Republican Jew in the House, said Monday night at the American Israel Public...