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Posted on December 11, 2014 by JNS.org.
(JNS.org) The new U.S. spending bill provides a boost in military aid to Israel, specifically for its highly successful Iron Dome missile defense system.
The $1.01 trillion Omnibus Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015, which was unveiled this week by Congress and is currently being debated, provides for $3.7 billion in military aid to Israel, including $3.1 billion in regular annual military aid as well as a hefty boost of more than 20 percent in proposed funding for Israels missile defense program at $619 million.
This includes $351 million for Iron Dome and the remaining $268.8 million for the Davids Sling, Arrow-2, and Arrow-3 systems. This increase will make for the largest-ever U.S. military aid package granted to Israel.
The spending bill also requires that 55 percent of the components for Iron Dome be manufactured in America. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has partnered with the U.S. defense firm Raytheon to produce the Iron Dome system. Rafael, the Iron Domes developer, has also been marketing the system to the U.S. military as a cheaper alternative to Patriot missiles.
Regarding the Palestinian Authority (PA), the spending bill stops assistance to the PA if it unilaterally becomes a member state of the United Nations or other U.N. agencies without a peace agreement with Israel. The PA is currently a non-member observer state in the U.N.
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