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Opinion Iron Dome’s funding was never in jeopardy. But to us Palestinians, that was never the point
A version of this article first appeared in Newsweek. Progressive House Democrats sparked a charged debate after they got their party to remove $1 billion of additional funding to Israel to replenish its defensive missile technology, Iron Dome, from a congressional bill earlier this week. Some praised the progressives for an act of resistance to…
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Fast Forward Progressive Democrats remove $1 billion Iron Dome funding from bill
An internal dispute within the ranks of the Democratic Party led on Tuesday to the removal of a provision granting $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system from a key funding bill. The removal came after behind-the-scenes pressure from several progressive Democratic lawmakers. The development led to sensational headlines about Democrats rejecting U.S….
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News Former Pentagon official behind Iron Dome funding running for Congress
Hundreds of rockets that rained down on Israel in the past few days have been intercepted by the Iron Dome, a defense system credited with saving countless lives. Now one of the Americans most instrumental in making the Iron Dome possible is running for Congress. Eric Lynn, a Jewish Democrat who recently launched his campaign…
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News Tony Blinken: guided by a story of Holocaust rescue, and an advocate for Israel’s Iron Dome
President-elect Joe Biden has picked Antony Blinken as his secretary of state — a “promotion” for Blinken, who had served as a deputy secretary of state for two years under the Obama Administration, from 2015 until he left office in January of 2017. Blinken was born in New York City to Jewish parents. Here are…
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Fast Forward One Killed After More Than 400 Rockets Hit Southern Israel In 24 Hours
JERUSALEM (JTA) — One person was killed and two seriously injured after a rocket fired from Gaza landed on an apartment building, as southern Israel remained under rocket siege for a second day. The rocket hit the upper floors of a four-story apartment in Ashkelon shortly before midnight on Monday night. The body and one…
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Fast Forward Members Of Congress Want The U.S. Army To Use Israel’s Iron Dome
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Forty Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives urged appropriators to consider purchasing Iron Dome, the short-range missile defense system in Israel, for U.S. Army use. The request is in a letter to the top Republican and Democrat on the defense subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee urging inclusion of…
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Fast Forward Iron Dome Misfires After Code Red Missile Alerts Activated In Southern Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Hamas military exercise set off Code Red alerts in southern Israeli communities and caused the Iron Dome anti-missile system to misfire. At least 10 missile alerts were activated in Sderot and the regional councils of Hof Ashkelon and Shaar HaNegev on Sunday night. In addition, the Iron Dome anti-missile system activated,…
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