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The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a $1 billion bill in September to fund the Iron Dome, which has played a key role in intercepting rockets fired at the Zionist regime by Palestinian resistance groups like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Yet the bill, which requires unanimous backing in the Senate, has been held up several times by opposition from US Senator Rand Paul.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The Kentucky Republican has argued that funding for the air defense system should come from aid already appropriated for Afghanistan.<\/span>
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In a letter to Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, the eight groups pointed out that while the “critical” funding has bipartisan support in the Senate, its passage has been “stymied.”<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The signatories include the Jewish Federations of North America, the Union for Reform Judaism, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Christians United for Israel, Hadassah: the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, and the Anti-Defamation League.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Failing to pass the funding not only endangers Israel’s security, the signatories argued, but also undermines the strategic partnership between the US and Israel, as 60 to 70 percent of components for Iron Dome interceptors are manufactured in America.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2022-01-12 08:51:59","content_date_finish":"2022-01-12 08:51:59","content_date_register":"2022-01-12 09:00:10","content_date_last_edit":"2022-01-12 09:04:18","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"1081185560","attach_date_register":"2022-01-12 08:59:46","attach_id":"499157","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"1200","attach_img_height":"800","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"466","visit_date_last":"2025-05-08 22:27:15","attach_title":"Zionist lobby urges Senate leaders to advance bipartisan Iron Dome funding bill\r\n 2","node_title":"news,Political,Latest news,America","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53},{\"node_id\":136, \"left\":29, \"right\":32},{\"node_id\":144, \"left\":49, \"right\":50},{\"node_id\":147, \"left\":55, \"right\":56}]"}]]