A bill before the US Congress seeks to essentially merge the US and Israeli militaries — with many saying it puts the IOF in the driving seat. Many would say the IOF already is, of course. The ‘United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative’ has been described as a “sweeping proposal” to merge the two militaries to an “unprecedented degree”. Foreign policy thinktank Responsible Statecraft said that “Section 224”: lays the groundwork for bilateral research and development, co-production of weapons, joint ventures, licensing agreements, and seemingly every manner of US-Israeli military-industrial complex cooperation. Others put it more succinctly, like Arab-Jewish ‘ex-Israeli’ analyst…