Israel’s Ministry of Defense said on Sunday that the United States has promised an additional $235 million to be spent on its rocket defense system. The funding is in addition to the roughly $3 billion Israel in money for defense that the Jewish state receives yearly. The United States has funded the research and development of Israel’s primary anti-missile defense stalwarts, the Arrow and Iron Dome systems. The funding has prompted some to imply a connection to the upcoming presidential election into which Israel’s treatment by parties and candidates has been shaped as a weighty element of the foreign policy debate.