After months of stalemate, both houses of Congress passed and the President signed a major supplemental national security bill last week that addresses several urgent foreign policy issues, undoubtedly reflecting the Alabama values ​​expressed in the Legislature's recent bills. Solution “We voiced our 'unequivocal support' for Israel. Let there be no doubt about it, this vote made our voices heard loud and clear: Alabama supports Israel.

A key part of the bill is to provide Israel with $14.3 billion in military aid to ensure the destruction of Hamas, the U.S.-designated terrorist organization that raped, tortured and murdered some 1,200 Israelis and took hundreds more hostage on October 7. But in strange bedfellows who forgot that love is not just spoken, but done, it took 200 days after the war began for Congress to take concrete action to support Jerusalem's efforts to return the hostages and defeat Hamas.

The far-left, who claim to love all nations but hate Israel, pressured Democrats to micromanage the war with harsh conditions. The far-right, who claim to love Israel but blocked or voted against aid to the Jewish state during the war, repeatedly blocked votes to approve aid, making it harder for Israel to defeat terrorists.

Thankfully, responsible leaders rose to the occasion and prevailed. As the final votes show, overwhelming majorities in both the House and the Senate supported rational, moral, and conservative policies that uphold the primacy of America’s national security interests and support our allies, especially those in direct conflict with a common enemy.

Much of Alabama's support for Israel comes from our belief in the truth of God's promises to Abraham. Our biblical support for Israel is the foundation, not the pinnacle, of our understanding of the Middle East and the world at large.

So whether or not it is politically expedient to acknowledge the salient fault lines in the contemporary world, the reality is that Iran, Russia, and China are working together to aggressively and violently attack the values ​​on which Western society is founded. This authoritarian axis shares weapons, tactics, and a total indifference to life.

While the inalienable rights that many take for granted must be protected, American service members should not be called upon to fight on every battlefield. Impeding the progress of our allies serves no one, including the American warfighters of tomorrow. And now the Squad and their accidental allies on the far right are losing this fight and complaining loudly. They should be ignored.

Vote 21 for^st The 21st Century Strength for Peace Act was a vote in support of America's domestic security and interests abroad. Conversely, every vote against the bill was celebrated in Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing. This begs the question: whose interests are served by efforts to undermine America's longstanding alliances, including the sacred U.S.-Israel relationship?

My family and I are 250,000 strong in Alabama, serving the Lord and standing with Israel.

Baldwin County resident Ari Morgenstern is senior director of policy and communications for Christian United for Israel.