Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan: Help Them All

Hamas’s terrorism against Israel should motivate Congress to overcome its dysfunction and provide the funds to arm America’s allies as they seek to defeat the forces of barbarism. Israel has requested American military support as it begins its operations against Hamas and its supporters. President Biden reportedly told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “Whatever you need, you will get it”; to the Biden administration’s credit, the first such shipments have already arrived. Having similarly committed to supporting Ukraine’s defense “as long as it takes,” Biden and bipartisan congressional leaders have begun articulating the case for passing a supplemental defense bill for both Israel and Ukraine, in addition to democratic Taiwan, to deter China from deciding that now is a good time to make its move.

Aid to Taiwan is mostly uncontroversial. And while most of Congress agrees on providing arms to Israel and Ukraine, factions in each party will likely oppose one or the other, for different reasons.

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Rebeccah Heinrichs

Rebeccah Heinrichs is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and the director of Hudson’s Keystone Defense Initiative.

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Gabriel Scheinmann

Gabriel Scheinmann is the executive director of the Alexander Hamilton Society.

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Hamas’s terrorism against Israel should motivate Congress to overcome its dysfunction and provide the funds to arm America’s allies as they seek to defeat the forces of barbarism. Israel has requested American military support as it begins its operations against Hamas and its supporters. President Biden reportedly told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “Whatever you need, you will get it”; to the Biden administration’s credit, the first such shipments have already arrived. Having similarly committed to supporting Ukraine’s defense “as long as it takes,” Biden and bipartisan congressional leaders have begun articulating the case for passing a supplemental defense bill for both Israel and Ukraine, in addition to democratic Taiwan, to deter China from deciding that now is a good time to make its move.

Aid to Taiwan is mostly uncontroversial. And while most of Congress agrees on providing arms to Israel and Ukraine, factions in each party will likely oppose one or the other, for different reasons.