The heart of the campaign is a bipartisan push on Capitol Hill to mandate and fund the opening of a US Food and Drug Administration office in Israel, which would assist companies within Israel and Arab countries that recognize it to produce medicines and medical supplies for the lucrative US market.
The drive is spearheaded by the United States-Israel Education Association, a small faith-based organization headquartered in Alabama.
Over the past decade, the USIEA has brought senior congressional leaders to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, has worked with the same lawmakers to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in US funding for the Iron Dome anti-missile system, and has developed ties between Israeli and Palestinian business communities.
It is now working with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on the ambitious “near-shoring” initiative. The term describes moving supply chains from distant countries to those that are closer to the US – in this case, ideologically as well geographically. READ MORE
