(Ha'aretz) President Barack Obama will ask Congress to provide $205 million to Israel to spur production and deployment of a new short-range rocket defense system, administration officials said on Thursday. (Reuters) The Pentagon has told Israel's Defense Ministry that President Obama has approved funding for the purchase of more than ten Iron Dome anti-missile defense batteries. A senior Israeli defense official told Ha'aretz on Thursday, "The Americans were skeptical at first, but after they saw the results of the last test run they were impressed and became confident in the system's abilities."
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