Recent Successes

 

  • Never Again Education Act signed into law.
  • US-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act becomes law as part of the FY 2021 NDAA.
  • The US-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group is established as part of the FY 2021 NDAA, which was the central aim of the US-Israel Military Capability Act.
  • US sanctions Turkey under the Countering America Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).
  • FY 2021 State Foreign Operations and Defense Appropriations which included $3.3B in military assistance to Israel and $500M in support for US-Israel cooperative missile defense programs including Arrow, David’s Sling, and Iron Dome.*
  • FY 2021 Homeland Security Appropriations which included $190M for the nonprofit security grant program to help protect religious sites, a two-fold increase over previous years budget.*

 

  • US recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
  • Airbnb reverses policy of delisting Israeli properties in the West Bank.
  • Turkey removed from F-35 joint strike fighter program.
  • FY 2020 State Foreign Operations and Defense Appropriations which included $3.3B in military assistance to Israel and $500M in support for US-Israel cooperative missile defense programs including Arrow, David’s Sling, and Iron Dome.^
  • Executive Order 13899 on Combating Anti-Semitism signed by the President.

 

  • Taylor Force Act signed into law.
  • US formally opens Embassy in Jerusalem.
  • US cuts off all funding to UNRWA.
  • US exits JCPOA, engages maximum pressure campaign against Iran.
  • Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act signed into law.
  • Stop Using Human Shields Act, renamed the Sanctioning of the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act, signed into law.

 

 

*This was included as part of the FY2021 Omnibus and COVID Relief and Response Act (HR 133)

^ This was included as part of the FY2020 Consolidated Appropriations Acts (HR 1865 & HR 1158)