Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie Team up to Strip US-Israel Military Tech Cooperation From Defense Bill
The amendment targets Section 224, which would authorize $50 million for emerging technology cooperation and deepen military-tech ties with Israel.
- On Sunday, U.S. Representative Ro Khanna announced he would introduce an amendment to remove Section 224 from the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, joining Representative Thomas Massie in opposing the provision.
- The disputed legislation, unveiled last week, would require the Secretary of Defense to designate an executive agent to synchronize cooperative efforts between the United States and Israel in defense technology research and industrial cooperation.
- Critics, including the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, claim the measure "would all but fuse the two countries' armed forces together." Massie wrote on X, "We are a sovereign country."
- The $1.15 trillion NDAA faces committee markup on Thursday. Daniel Shapiro, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel now at the Atlantic Council, told Jewish Insider critics are "making a mountain out of a molehill."
- This effort marks the latest cross-ideological alliance between Khanna and Massie, who previously collaborated to oppose U.S. involvement in Iran. The NDAA also maintains $300 million annually for cooperative air defense systems including the Iron Dome.
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Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie team up to strip US-Israel military tech cooperation from defense bill
In one of the latest examples of political extremes converging over Israel, Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie joined forces this week to challenge a provision expanding U.S.-Israel defense cooperation. Khanna, a progressive California Democrat, and Massie, a Kentucky Republican, both said over the weekend that they would seek to remove a provision from the House’s annual defense bill that would expand U.S.-Israeli defense technology cooperation.…
Massie and Khanna rail against integrating US military with Israel
Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) are working to strip a provision in the annual defense bill that would integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries. A provision in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act requires War Secretary Pete Hegseth to appoint a lead official to coordinate joint U.S.-Israel defense efforts, including technology research, development, testing, evaluation, integration, and industrial cooperation. The eff…
Khanna Vows Amendment to Kill 'Insidious' Effort to Deepen Military Ties Between US, Israel
One analyst noted that Section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act would "provide a higher level of military-industrial integration than the US has with any other country in the world."
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