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Israel's Unfunded Weapons Backlog Signals Deep US Dependency

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Israel's Unfunded Weapons Backlog Signals Deep US Dependency

🎖️ ISRAEL — A caretaker government running up a tab Washington hasn't agreed to pay. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With Netanyahu's government collapsed, billions in uncommitted orders reveal a structural trap: Israel ordered hardware assuming US funding would follow. A caretaker can't authorize new commitments — but the backlog already exists. Congress, now Democrat-controlled, holds the appropriations lever. Epic Fury's political fracture just acquired a fiscal dimension.

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