{"id":593550,"date":"2023-10-08T02:05:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T23:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/foreign-relations-committee-chair-proposes-israel-support-legislation\/"},"modified":"2023-10-08T02:05:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T23:05:32","slug":"foreign-relations-committee-chair-proposes-israel-support-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/foreign-relations-committee-chair-proposes-israel-support-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Foreign Relations Committee chair proposes Israel support legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/cardinben_031523gn01_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Foreign Relations Committee Chair Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) on Saturday proposed legislation that intends to support Israel with \u201cthe tools it needs to defend itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs President Biden said earlier today, the United States stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel in support of its right to defend itself against terrorism and do what is necessary in the coming days and weeks to protect its people,\u201d Cardin said in his statement.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The United States government and Congress must assist Israel, Cardin said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI intend to move forward legislation at the first opportunity that will focus on providing Israel what it needs to defend itself. That includes replenishment of missile defense for Iron Dome that ensures such interceptors are always available,\u201d Cardin\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The Iron Dome is Israel\u2019s air missile defense system that can defend against short-range rockets, intercepting them in the air above. It must be reloaded each time and can be costly, especially given the amount of missiles being launched by Palestine\u2019s militant group, Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Cardin wants to include \u201csupplemental funding for Israel\u2019s defense as it navigates the im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te aftermath of this terrorist attack\u201d in his planned legislation, he said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s critical that the U.S. reinforce its relationship with Israel by confirming an ambassador to the country, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope my colleagues will join me in promptly confirming Secretary Jacob J. Lew as the new U.S. Ambassador to Israel,\u201d Cardin\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Netanyahu declared war against Hamas on Saturday after they launched a barrage of rocket strikes and entered the country in a surprise attack. Soldiers and civilians have been captured, the Associated Press confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, pledging \u201call <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate means\u201d of U.S. support for the government and people of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>At least 250 Israelis and 232 Palestinians have been killed in the fighting so far, according to Israeli media reports and the Palestinian government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. 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Ben Cardin (D-Md.) on Saturday proposed legislation that intends to support Israel with \u201cthe tools it needs to defend itself.\u201d \u201cAs President Biden said earlier today, the United States stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel in support of its right to defend itself against terrorism and do what is necessary&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":593551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/cardinben_031523gn01_w.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[140772,74723,30889,134343,134418,73798,103820,124783,2184,146295,991,115,70241,70289],"class_list":["post-593550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ben-cardin","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-biden","tag-campaign","tag-congress-blog","tag-defense","tag-hamas","tag-international","tag-israel","tag-israel-attack","tag-joe-biden","tag-news","tag-palestine","tag-senate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}