Congressional Pressure Tests U.S.–Israel Defense Cooperation

A U.S.–Israel military-cooperation provision is under pressure in the final 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, exposing resistance on both sides of the aisle even as the first fully U.S.-made Iron Dome interceptor reaches Israel.

Also tracking: University of Michigan Hillel is ending formal affiliations with Israel-advocacy groups, while a Mamdani-aligned anti-AIPAC operative has opened a state PAC targeting three Brooklyn Republicans, two of them Jewish.

In the wire: pro-Israel Democrats rebuke Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Oct. 7 statement, senior Democrats call for changes in U.S.–Israel policy, and a Jewish Democratic mayor withholds support from Abdul El-Sayed.