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Adelson ‘offered $1 billion to finance Iron Dome for Israel’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJewish-American billionaire and Republican donor Sheldon Adelson offered US President Barack Obama to personally finance $1 billion for Iron Dome batteries set to be deployed in Israel, according to a new report in Politico.
The report stated that the money would be paid through the federal government.
Obama declined the offer, made in 2013, saying that private financing of munitions would not set a good precedent, Politico says.
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