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By; Jacob Magid - September 25, 2021
Tuesday’s decision by Democratic House leadership to excise new funds for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system from a stopgap emergency government funding bill, following pressure from a small group of progressives, sparked alarm in pro-Israel circles.
Republicans sought to draw sweeping conclusions from the legislative kerfuffle, holding up the decision by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to leave the $1 billion in aid out of the bill, as proof that the Democratic party had officially been co-opted by the Israel critics in the so-called Squad of progressive lawmakers.
Had moderate Democrats, long insisting that such voices in the party represented a loud, yet ineffectual minority on issues relating to Israel, been proven wrong? Here, after all, was that small group affecting actual legislation, potentially causing measurable damage to Israel’s ability to defend itself — at least in the short term.
Read More: Times of Israel