AIPAC commends the U.S. Congress for including important pro-Israel provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. These critical provisions will help Israel protect itself against mounting security threats. The bipartisan measure authorizes $500 million for U.S.-Israel missile defense cooperation and up to $25 million for U.S.-Israel counter-unmanned aerial systems (UAS) cooperation.
The measure authorizes full funding for cooperative missile defense programs in accordance with the 2016 U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding on security assistance. It authorizes funding for both R&D and procurement for the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 missile defense systems. These programs enable Israel to defend its citizens while advancing America’s own missile defense capabilities.
Counter-UAS funding will enable America and Israel to continue joint efforts to defeat the growing threats faced by Israel and America in the Middle East and beyond. The bill also authorizes extending U.S.-Israel counter-tunnel cooperation through 2024, a program that has already led to important collaboration and progress on a growing threat to both countries. In addition, the legislation contains the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019, which directs sanctions against human rights violations by the Assad regime in Syria.
Further, the legislation prohibits the Pentagon from supporting groups affiliated with Hamas, Hizballah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The legislation also makes it easier for victims of Iranian terrorism to seize assets belonging to the Iranian government.
Finally, the conference report hails the enduring strategic partnership between the United States and Israel, and declares that close defense cooperation between the two countries remains a critical component of this partnership.
In adopting this critical legislation, AIPAC appreciates the leadership of Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI), and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) and Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-TX).
“Finally, the conference report hails the enduring strategic partnership between the United States and Israel, and declares that close defense cooperation between the two countries remains a critical component of this partnership.”
A ‘partnership’ made in Hell, and only valid until the stinking jews no longer need their American politician jewb#tch traitors.
Then only the jew politicians will be safe (plenty of THOSE f$&kers in office, though!)