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Posted on 06/04/2026 5:24:41 PM PDT by RandFan
A House committee summarily struck down an amendment to strip a measure from the massive annual defense policy bill that would provide Israel “a higher level of military-industrial integration" with the U.S. than Washington has "with any other country in the world.”
Pro-Israel voices on the House Armed Services Committee argued that reports about Section 224 — that Congress was trying to integrate U.S. and Israeli military systems as a way to entrench aid without proper oversight — were disingenuous and wrong.
In fact, members claimed that these were “existing initiatives” and that Section 224 “actually improves oversight and accountability of these programs by designating a single official responsible for them,” according to Chairman Mike Rogers, (R-Ala.)
Not quite true, said the Quincy Institute’s Ben Freeman, who broke the initial story of Section 224 for RS last week. “Members of Congress supporting the proposal laid out caricatures of critiques against Section 224. And when they did actually talk about the provision itself they spread half-truths and outright inaccuracies about how far this provision will go to integrate the U.S. and Israeli defense sectors.”
According to Freeman, as reported in these pages, Section 224 would lay the groundwork for:
…bilateral research and development, co-production of weapons, joint ventures, licensing agreements, and seemingly every manner of U.S.-Israeli military-industrial complex cooperation. The U.S. and Israel already work together heavily on missile defense, but this provision would greatly expand coordination to seemingly every area of defense tech, including AI, quantum, autonomous systems, directed energy, cyber, biotech, and many more. It also proposes “network integration” and “data fusion.” In other words, the U.S. military’s data could soon be the Israeli military’s data.
Critically, it would shift the annual $3.8 billion the U.S. now gives Israel (a 10-year memorandum of understanding soon up for renewal) to these programs and partnerships, i.e. “co-production” and other “fusion” deep inside Pentagon procurement and acquisitions process, where sunlight is rare and often fleeting. A perfect solution — which is, by the way, endorsed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — to the dwindling American support for Israel’s wars and U.S. military assistance for them.
In his remarks on Section 224, Khanna spoke vociferously against what he saw as a blank check at a time when a majority of Americans say they do not want to send more military aid to Israel.
“The American people are tired of the arrogance and insolence of Prime Minister Netanyahu telling America what we should do. The entire country of Israel has a GDP that is less than a single town in my district, yet somehow Netanyahu thinks he could tell the American people what we should do,” he charged.
“I am for Team America. I am for the interests of this country, and I believe that's what Donald Trump ran on. That includes American interests against any foreign country,” Khanna said. “We should have American sovereignty and make it clear that we strike 224. If we want to give aid to Israel, if we want to sell them weapons, that should be a vote for the entire Congress.”
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We seem to live in strange times
They ALL voted against Khanna's amendment.
So you’re a socialist now?
No
How many times has Israel sold our intelligence off to our enemies Russia and China? Everyone who voted for this military integration is guilty of treason and needs to be removed from office and prosecuted for such. Are people really this stupid?
Israeli technology is in virtually all of our weapon systems. They churn out more Nobel prize (science) winners per capita than any nation on earth. They love freedom. They fight Islamofascism, punching way above their weight. Good friend to have!
What is truly stupid are your endless posts that side with the left. Israel is a great ally in spite of the lies from cavern dwellers such as yourself.
How many times has Israel sold our intelligence off to our enemies Russia and China? Everyone who voted for this military integration is guilty of treason and needs to be removed from office and prosecuted for such. Are people really this stupid?
Yes they are.
A shrinking number of people still see them as a friend.
>> Are people really this stupid?
You have convinced me that you are! Evil, too.
Israels days as an ally are numbered. The generations after the boomers will kill all the aid we give them. They will be on their own and it will all be of their own making.
Jew haters suck dog dung.
Jonathan Pollard and the USS Liberty.
You have friends who treat you like that?
Your name calling means nothing to me. If you take the emotion out of it, every poll worth its salt will tell you that Israel’s days of mooching off the US are numbered. Whether you like it or not……….
AI
Israel has repeatedly sold or transferred U.S.-origin military technology to China, often in violation of U.S. export restrictions and bilateral agreements. Former CIA Director R. James Woolsey testified in 1993 that Israel had been supplying China with classified Western defense technology for over a decade, with sales potentially reaching several billion dollars.
Key incidents and technologies involved:
Lavi Fighter Plans: After the U.S.-funded Lavi project was cancelled, Israel sold the aircraft plans and associated secret U.S. technology to China, enabling the development of the J-10 fighter jet.
Missile Technology: Transfers included technology for the Python III missile (based on the U.S. Sidewinder) and miniature cryo-coolers manufactured by Ricor used in electro-optic equipment.
2013 Resignation: The head of defense exports for the Israeli Defense Ministry, Meir Shalit, resigned after a U.S. investigation confirmed the unauthorized transfer of sensitive cooling systems to China.
U.S. Response and Consequences: The United States has periodically imposed sanctions and frozen cooperation on development projects in response to these transfers. Notable actions include forcing Israel to cancel the sale of the Phalcon AWACS radar system in 2000 and suspending night-vision equipment deliveries in 2005. While Israel often claims these sales involve only its own technology, U.S. intelligence assessments consistently identify American components in the exported systems.
You’re just a Jew hater my friend. Your just suppose to tolerate the back stabbing, just cuz.
“How many times has Israel sold our intelligence off to our enemies Russia and China?”
None?
AI
Jonathan Pollard sold classified U.S. intelligence to Israel during the Cold War, and many U.S. intelligence officials believe this information was subsequently passed to the Soviet Union.
The Allegation: Senior officials, including former CIA Director William Casey, suggested that Israel traded Pollard’s stolen data to Moscow in exchange for the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel.
The Mechanism: Critics argue that Soviet moles within the Mossad (such as Shabtai Kalmanovich) funneled the intelligence to the KGB, or that Israel used the data as leverage to secure the release of Jewish prisoners or scientists.
The Impact: This transfer allegedly compromised U.S. intelligence assets in the Soviet Union, with some sources claiming it led to the capture or death of over 40 American spies.
CUT IT ALL.
Im tired of giving my hard earned money to people who really don’t like us. They all pretend to like us so they can get our money. So yeah, cancel all aid.
Spy craft is a dangerous backstabbing game. There’s always bad apples. We’ve compromised ourselves and others too.
WOW!!
This is the end of America as we knew her.
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