WashingtonIron Beam was largely built with US funds.
A law lets Israel spend US military aid on its own defense industry instead.
No other US aid recipient may spend that money domestically, turning appropriations into a subsidized export industry.
The provision passed the House and remains contested in the Senate.
How each outlet framed it
- Drop Site News leans critical
- debunks 'domestically developed' narrative; reveals U.S. funding/integration, links to Section 219 Pentagon proposal
Sources: Drop Site News