The crisis with Congress:
After Foreign Minister Yair Lapid tried to cool the delay in US aid to the Iron Dome, claiming that it was a "technical postponement", Labor Party Secretary General Eran Hermoni teased Lapid this evening (Wednesday) and said that "this is not a 'technical' problem. And let us not bury our heads in the sand. "
The Secretary General of the Labor Party referred to the decision to postpone aid to replenish the Iron Dome inventory and said that "the extremist and anti-Semitic wing operating in Congress on the fringes of the Democratic Party has become a strategic problem for the State of Israel and its relations with the United States."
I believe that the administration will succeed in resolving this specific issue, but there is a worrying sign here. "
Labor Party Secretary General Eran Hermoni,
He added that "President Biden is a true friend of Israel, but if the leadership of the Democratic Party does not learn to stand up to the extremist and anti-Semitic wing of its party, we are expecting very difficult days." From the late Yitzhak Rabin, which was organized by Peace Now in the United States. "These are not lovers of peace or human rights, but haters of Israel."
Foreign Minister Lapid, who spoke with the majority leader in the House of Representatives regarding US aid to the Iron Dome system, stressed that Democratic leaders have pledged to the Israeli government that the aid budget for the Iron Dome will be transferred soon and added that " "Considerable damage to Israel-US relations. Today we are rebuilding a relationship of trust with Congress. I thank the administration and Congress for their firm commitment to Israel's security."
In a meeting that US President Joe Biden held with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett about a month ago, he pledged that following Operation Wall Guard, the US administration would support the transfer of a special budget to Israel, which would allow it to fund the production of hundreds of new interceptors.
PM Bennett Visiting Iron Dome Battery in Gaza Strip (Archive), Kobi Gideon, GPO
The Republican Party sharply criticized the Democrats for failing to pass the bill, with some members of Congress and senators claiming that the Biden administration is abandoning its allies in Israel.