The US House of Representatives has passed a massive defense spending bill that will see over $600 million earmarked for Israel.
In a vote of 281-140, lawmakers approved Wednesday the “National Defense Authorization Act.” While the majority of Democrats opposed the bill, 81 joined with Republicans in support of its passage. Just 16 GOP lawmakers opposed the legislation.
Join the JBN+ WhatsApp GroupUnder the bill’s provisions, Israel will receive $500 million for joint missile defense cooperation, while additional provisions secure $47.5 million for technology development and $80 million for anti-tunneling operations.
A significant clause establishes the first-ever joint United States and Israel Trauma and Amputee Rehabilitation Education and Training Program. The legislation also includes a notable restriction on the Department of Defense’s use of Hamas’s skewed casualty data.
“In making assessments of casualties and fatalities during hostilities, the Department of Defense may not cite as authoritative in public communications, fatality figures that are derived by United States-designated terrorist organizations,” the legislation reads.
Congress’s defense spending bill is one of the few major pieces of legislation lawmakers take great pride in having passed every year for more than six decades.
Besides the money allocated to Israel, the $895 billion bill focuses on improving the quality-of-life for U.S. service members, delivering a significant 14.5% pay boost for the military’s lowest-ranking personnel while providing a 4.5% increase for all other troops. It also greenlights an expansion of military infrastructure, including the construction of new housing facilities, schools, and childcare centers to support service members and their families.
Praise to HASHEM for a wise fearing country like the United States of America, for their resilient support to Israel appointed Divine Global leader. It’s about time Israel taken their Divine appointed leadership to GOD’s desired absolute moral standards, as echoed by the major and Minor Prophets of old.
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