Security - Ad by Republican Jewish Coalition

Republican Jewish Coalition's latest web ad: Pres. Obama's 2013 budget request includes a sharp cut in defense aid to Israel, specifically cuts to joint missile defense programs. These cuts would leave Israel vulnerable at a very dangerous time, when Israel faces serious rocket threats from Hamas in Gaza and from Hezbollah in Lebanon, and a growing nuclear threat from Iran. Call the White House and tell Pres. Obama not to cut missile defense aid to Israel - 202-456-1111.


Per The Weekly Standard, the ad is based on this report from the Washington Free Beacon:

For the second straight year, President Obama is seeking to decrease funding to joint U.S.-Israel missile defense programs.
Tucked within Obama’s 2013 budget proposal is a request to reduce the amount of money Israel receives for its critical missile defense systems by $6.3 million relative to the 2012 budget proposal. Among these defense systems are Arrow and David’s Sling, both of which are jointly operated with the U.S.
Publicly, the president has referred to himself as a stalwart champion of the U.S.-Israel military alliance. But administration efforts to reduce the amount of missile defense aid that Israel receives appear to be a growing trend in the president’s budget proposals.

In fiscal year 2011, the administration requested $121.7 million in military aid for Israel’s key missile defense programs, according to the Defense Department. That number dropped to $106.1 million in the 2012 budget proposal, and plummeted again to $99.8 million in Obama’s newly released 2013 proposal.

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