众议院民主党人周二取消了10亿美元的以色列他们的铁穹防空系统临时政府拨款法案在进步人士威胁要否决这项措施后军事支持对以色列来说。
尽管民主党领导人承诺在年底前批准另一项必须通过的法案，但这一拖延是正在进行的关于支持以色列的党内辩论的最新事件。
共和党人很快就接受了社会化媒体指责民主党破坏以色列的安全。他们还计划进行程序性投票，以突显民主党的分歧，但遭到拒绝，尽管他们计划投票反对最初的措施，当时该措施包括铁穹基金。
温和派民主党人还批评他们的同事反对用于防御导弹系统的资金，拜登总统承诺将补充该系统以色列冲突后巴勒斯坦激进组织哈马斯。
所有这些都是公开的信息。因此，现在瞄准铁穹意味着这个问题不是对系统的真正担忧，而是攻击与以色列国有关的东西——任何东西——的愿望;缺乏实质内容，不负责任。(5/5)
Elissa Slotkin代表(@RepSlotkin)2021年9月21日
尽管两党议员几十年来一直支持以色列无条件自卫的权利，但越来越多的民主党议员呼吁该党领导人重新审视与以色列的关系，指责以色列军方侵犯人权，并抨击巴勒斯坦人受到的待遇。
在美国问题上与奥巴马政府关系紧张后，以色列保守派领导人，尤其是前总理内塔尼亚胡，近年来努力与共和党人和前总统唐纳德·特朗普保持密切联系，加剧了这种紧张局势。核谈判与伊朗。
尽管如此，民主党领导人和拜登还是迅速表明了他们对以色列的支持。众议院多数党领袖霍耶(Steny Hoyer)周二与以色列外交部长莱尔·拉皮德(Yair Lapid)就“铁穹”的资金辩论进行了交谈，并重申了民主党对通过该措施的承诺。
霍耶说，资金将在本周末到位。
House Democrats remove money for Israel's Iron Dome system in funding bill
House Democrats on Tuesday removed $1 billion in funding forIsrael's Iron Dome air defense system from theirstopgap government funding bill, after progressives threatened to tank the measureover the military supportfor Israel.
While Democratic leaders committed to approving the funding by year's end in another must-pass bill, the holdup was the latest episode in an ongoing intraparty debate over support for Israel.
Republicans quickly took tosocial mediato accuse Democrats of undermining Israel's security. They also planned a procedural vote to highlight Democrats' divisions -- which was rejected -- even as they had planned to vote against the initial measure when it included Iron Dome funding.
Moderate Democrats also criticized their colleagues for opposing the funds for the defensive missile system, which President Joe Biden promised to replenishafter Israel's conflictwith the Palestinian militant group Hamas in May.
All of this is publicly-available information. So to target Iron Dome now means the issue isn't a genuine concern over the system, but rather the desire to attack something - anything - related to the State of Israel; it's devoid of substance and irresponsible. (5/5)
— Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin)September 21, 2021
While lawmakers from both parties have supported Israel's right to defend itself unconditionally for decades, a growing group of Democratic lawmakers have called on party leaders to revisit its relationship with Israel, and have accused its military of human rights abuses and blasted the treatment of Palestinians.
That tension has been exacerbated in recent years by the efforts of conservative Israeli leaders -- most notably former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- to align closely with Republicans and former President Donald Trump, after tensions with the Obama administration over the U.S.nuclear negotiationswith Iran.
Still, Democratic Party leaders and Biden have been quick to demonstrate their support for Israel. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Tuesday spoke to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid about the Iron Dome funding debate and reiterated Democrats' commitment to passing the measure.
Hoyer said the funding would be on the floor by the end of the week.
