A defense bill provision would merge US and Israeli military and intelligence operations, which is bad for US security because Israel is rated the top espionage threat against America.

• A provision in the defense bill (renamed from section 224 to 219) would tie the US and Israeli militaries together and force US spy agencies to share intelligence with Israel's Mossad.
• It creates a new Pentagon official whose only job is deepening US-Israel weapons and data sharing, a plan Netanyahu privately calls his own.
• US intelligence just raised Israel's spying threat to the highest possible level, warning of backdoors and spyware that could be used to sway US policy.
• A bipartisan amendment from Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie to strip the provision was blocked, with no floor vote allowed.
• Israel has a long record of stealing US secrets, including past nuclear technology theft, far more than any allied country.

Outlook: The bill is likely to pass with the integration provision intact since lawmakers are avoiding an open vote on it.