,,iii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ejh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bb1
 #bjaf,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,coons1 ,ms4 ,ayotte1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 
,kirk1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,isakson1
 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,perdue1 ,mr4       
,kaine1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4
 ,hatch1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,cruz1  
,mr4 ,warner1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mr4       
,cornyn1 and ,mr4 ,roberts7 submitted   
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,relations  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
support for the expeditious             
consideration and finalization of a new1
 robust1 and long-term ,memorandum of   
,understanding on military assistance to
 ,israel between the ,united ,states    
,government and the ,government of      
,israel4  ,whereas in ,april #aiih the  
,united ,states designated ,israel as a 
major non-,,nato ally2 ,whereas1 on     
,august #af1 #bjjg1 the ,united ,states 
and ,israel signed a #aj-year           

,memorandum of ,understanding 7,mo,u7 on
 ,united ,states military assistance to 
,israel1 under which total assistance   
would equal #cj1jjj1jjj1jjj2 ,whereas1  
since the signing of the #bjjg          
,memorandum of ,understanding1          
intelligence and defense cooperation has
 continued to grow2 ,whereas1 on        
,october #ae1 #bjjh1 the ,naval ,vessel 
,transfer ,act of #bjjh was signed into 
law 7,public ,law #aaj-dbi71 defining   
,israel's qualitative military edge     
7,,qme7 as the ability to counter and   
defeat any credible conventional        
military threat from any individual     
state or possible coalition of states or
 from non-state actors1 while sustaining
 minimal damage and casualties1 through 
the use of superior military means1     
possessed in sufficient quantity1       
including weapons1 command1 control1    
communication1 intelligence1            
surveillance1 and reconnaissance        
capabilities that in their technical    
characteristics are superior in         

capability to those of such other       
individual or possible coalition of     
states or non-state actors2 ,whereas1 on
 ,july #bg1 #bjab1 the ,united          
,states-,israel ,enhanced ,security     
,cooperation ,act of #bjab 7,public ,law
 #aab-aej7 declared it to be the policy 
of the ,united ,states to help the      
,government of ,israel preserve its     
qualitative military edge amid rapid and
 uncertain regional political           
transformation2 ,whereas ,israel faces  
immediate threats to its security from  
the ,united ,states-designated ,foreign 
,terrorist ,organization1 ,hezbollah1   
and its missile and rocket stockpile    
estimated to number around #aej1jjj1 and
 from the ,united ,states-designated    
,foreign ,terrorist ,organization1      
,hamas1 which continues to attempt to   
rebuild its tunnel network to infiltrate
 ,israel and restock its own missile and
 rocket stockpiles2 ,whereas ,israel    
also faces immediate threats to its     
security from the ongoing regional      

instability in the ,middle ,east1       
especially from the ongoing conflict in 
,syria and from militant groups in the  
,sinai2 ,whereas ,iran remains a threat 
to ,israel1 as demonstrated by ,iran's  
continued bellicosity1 including several
 hostile and provocative tests of       
ballistic missiles capable of carrying  
nuclear warheads1 even reportedly       
marking several of these weapons with   
,hebrew words declaring ,israel must be 
wiped out2 ,whereas the ,national       
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjaf 7,public ,law #aad-ib7     
authorized funds to be appropriated for 
,israeli cooperative missile defense    
program codevelopment and coproduction1 
including funds to be provided to the   
,government of ,israel to procure the   
,david's ,sling weapon system as well as
 the ,arrow #c ,upper ,tier ,interceptor
 ,program2 and ,whereas1 on ,december   
#ai1 #bjad1 ,president ,barack ,obama   
signed into law the ,united             
,states-,israel ,strategic ,partnership 

,act of #bjad 7,public ,law #aac-bif71  
which stated the sense of ,congress that
 ,israel is a major strategic partner of
 the ,united ,states and declared it to 
be the policy of the ,united ,states to 
continue to provide ,israel with robust 
security assistance1 including for the  
procurement of the ,iron ,dome ,missile 
,defense ,system3 ,now1 therefore1 be it
  ,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 reaffirms    
that ,israel is a major strategic       
partner of the ,united ,states2  7#b7   
reaffirms that it is the policy and law 
of the ,united ,states to ensure that   
,israel maintains its qualitative       
military edge and has the capacity and  
capability to defend itself from all    
credible military threats2  7#c7        
reaffirms ,united ,states support of a  
robust ,israeli tiered missile defense  
program2  7#d7 supports continued       
discussions between the ,united ,states 
,government and the ,government of      
,israel for a robust and long-term      
,memorandum of ,understanding on ,united

 ,states military assistance to ,israel2
  7#e7 urges the expeditious            
finalization of a new ,memorandum of    
,understanding between the ,united      
,states ,government and the ,government 
of ,israel2 and  7#f7 supports a robust 
and long-term ,memorandum of            
,understanding negotiated between the   
,united ,states and ,israel regarding   
military assistance that increases the  
amount of aid from previous agreements  
and significantly enhances ,israel's    
military capabilities4