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Bernie Sanders Wants Congress to Block Israel Alliance Amendment

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is urging Congress to strip a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would expand U.S.-Israel defense cooperation, arguing it would elevate Israel’s status above some NATO allies.

“We must strip Section 224 from the Pentagon budget,” Sanders wrote on X, accusing lawmakers of “burying a provision in the defense bill that would give Israel more military integration than any NATO ally.”

The measure, known as the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” is included as Section 224 of the fiscal year 2027 NDAA.

Under the provision, the secretary of defense would be required to designate an “executive agent” to oversee and coordinate joint U.S.-Israel defense technology efforts. These efforts would include research, development, testing, evaluation, integration, and industrial cooperation........

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