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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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Anti-Semites keep having to dig back 40 to 60 years to find a reason for their hate.
Agreed
Trump is vastly more popular in Israel than America.
They love us Conservatives.
Grok:
“In summary: Trump’s approval is underwater and polarizing in the US (low 30s to high 30s percent approve), while he enjoys broad popularity in Israel (around 70%+ positive on key metrics … ).”
Those are Americans.
Trump read the riot act to the Israeli PM. He thought he was in charge. Trump used expletives.
Seems he’s getting tired of them.
“You’ve never even heard of the Lavi/J-10 connection?”
You believe “AI: Israel has repeatedly sold or transferred U.S.-origin military technology to China...”
AI is a damn glorified search engine. I can find LOTS of utter crap on AI. I also was in the military and know a fair bit about how some of this works. Including that we often benefited from Israel’s technology, and that we sell ours with care. We sell some of it to places like Pakistan, which undoubtedly sells some on...and we know it before they do.
We are not as stupid as you wish to believe. But I cannot help those who believe we are.
Yes, some DOES get stolen, but we control what we sell and assess the risk before selling it - to anyone.
AAABEST is a nutjob. Clueless and stupid. You can argue, but it is like arguing with a toddler.
Who said anything about AI? The J-10 being based on the Lavi is a widely known fact.
Here's me, next to my bud - who's dead because that POS Netanyahu sat on the floor of our congress and lied through his Zionoid teeth about WMDs.
Better hurry, they have WMDeeeeeeez. Same exact lie he told Trump 4 months ago. I guess that's the "valuable intel" the geezers here keep bragging about.
So you served "8 years during wartime," whatever that means, only to become Israel's little America 2nd bitch?
Kool story. Usually guys who get out after all that time suck at their job.
Your digs are old and tired. Oh no, you called me an anti semite. Oh no……..
Registers on my give a f meter as much as being called a racist. You’ve seen what the Israelis have done with our good will. You consider that a friend. Says a lot about you.
Money to Puerto Rico should have been halted after they kicked out our naval base. But if we quit giving them money they will all move up here. Half of the island has moved up here as it is.
Uncle Miltie actually works for the IDF... so there’s that. At least he’s open about it, not like the cryptos who INFEST this platform.
He also wants to become a Jew, but they won’t let him...lol.
I’m not making any of this up. He’s actually one of my best FRiends here, for quite some time. He’s a mess but I like him a lot.
It is not a fact. It is possible and so what? I was a WSO/ewo in fighters from the 80s to 2000+. Never gave a shit about the J10. It would take pages to explain why but the basic reason is a modern fighter is a SYSTEM, not just a plane.
I posted examples further down the thread.
Unfortunately they are
This is what treason looks like
Your friend may have died. Sorry to hear that. But You’re facts are not correct. Netanyahu was not a political leader of Israel during either Gulf War. During the first Gulf War he served as a reporter. 2nd Gulf was he was in the Private sector.
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