US House Approves $600 Million Military Aid Package For Israel

[Purveyor]

Legislation obligates the president to report to Congress every 3 months on Qualitative Military Edge issues for Israel, authorizes provisions for Iron Dome, David's Sling and Arrow 3.

Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 05.24.14, 10:26 / Israel News

The US House of Representatives, controlled by a pro-Israel Republican majority, adopted the National Defense Authorization Act for 2015 that includes the approval of $600 million military aid package for Israel for missile defense.

The bill authorizes $350.9 million for the Iron Dome rocket defense system, that protects from short and medium-range missiles and rockets, and $268.7 million for David's Sling - providing protection from long-range missiles - and Arrow 3 - that could intercept ballistic missiles before they enter the atmosphere. Both David's Sling and Arrow 3 are missile defense programs developed in cooperation with the United States.

The House also voted on an act obligating the president to report to Congress every three months on the status of various Qualitative Military Edge (QME) issues for Israel.

The adoption of the NDAA reiterates that it is "the policy of the United States to take all necessary steps to ensure that Israel possesses and maintains an independent capability to remove existential threats to its security and defend its vital national interests," an amendment to the act said.

Another amendment adopted states that "Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to fully support Israel’s lawful exercise of self-defense, including actions to halt regional aggression."

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[Mr.Bill]

1. Did they pass a tax cut to fund it?

[defacto7]

2. What?

The worst and most dangerous spying on US companies and government, they give more to lobbyists than an other group.... We give them what?

[bravenak]

3. This needs to stop.

We need to stop funding oppression and death. Can't treat our veteran or properly fund our mental health facilities but we can buy missiles for Israel. Unbelieveable.

[House of Roberts]

4. Military aid to Israel is how we add to the defense budget.

Hawks get all they can get in the regular budget, then our 'foreign aid' gets added in.

[nationalize the fed]

5. Why not? The people of the US don't have any need for anything

best give it away.

We've got all the water that everyone needs- especially California and Texas, so there's no need to build ocean desalination plants with the money

And gas is cheap so there's no need to use any of that money to build the next generation of hydrogen fueling stations that would literally make the US energy independent - forever

And our bridges, roads and the rest of the public infrastructure is in no danger whatsoever.

Why not give away borrowed money? The people that will have to pay it back aren't even born yet.

It's a Win Win Win! Why stop at 600 million? Maybe they could use a billion? And it's great that a paltry $58+ million is going to Ukraine. It shows that we don't concentrate on the middle east.

(We are ruled by psychopaths)

[postulater]

6. Didn't we already give them some money?

How about they get their own loan and pay us back?

What do they think we are? Their parents or something?