(Times of Israel) Jacob Magid - After Tuesday's decision by the Democratic House leadership to remove new funds for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system from an emergency government funding bill, following pressure from a small group of anti-Israel progressives, a swath of moderate Democrats galvanized and convinced the leadership to schedule a standalone vote on Iron Dome funding only two days later. 420 lawmakers - 210 Democrats and 210 Republicans - voted in favor of granting Israel the additional funding. By then it was clear that the victory won by the small group had been short-lived - as the wall-to-wall reaction only served to show the depth and breadth of support for Israel's defense in Congress.
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