Congress backs $225M bill to replenish Israel's Iron Dome missile defense

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Both the House and Senate on Friday rushed approved a $225 million bill to replenish Israel's missile defense system.

The money will go to restocking Israel's Iron Dome, which has been credited with shooting down dozens of incoming rockets fired by Palestinian militants over three and a half weeks of war. The vote came two days after the Pentagon announced ammunition deliveries to the Jewish state and as a planned 72-hour cease-fire between Israel and Hamas unraveled almost as quickly as it began.

Throughout its history, the U.S. has provided more than $700 million to help Israel cover costs for batteries, interceptors, production costs and maintenance, the Congressional Research Service said. The total already appeared set to climb above $1 billion after Senate appropriators doubled the Obama administration's request for Iron Dome funding for fiscal 2015. Now it seems likely to rise even further, with President Barack Obama expected to sign any bill swiftly into law.

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Your thoughts on the US providing all this money for Israel's missile defense system?

 

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As much as I support Israel on doing what is needed I think we need to stop giving away our money to all countries. I think this war between the two would have ended long ago with Israel doing what is needed to finish this conflict by any means necessary if we were not funding Israel with cash and Israel had its back against the wall.