Members of the U.S. Congress and the Israeli Knesset are scheduled to hold a joint hearing on Capitol Hill to discuss missile defense. The first-ever hearing involving legislators from the United States and Israel comes as Republicans in Congress are seeking Israeli and American Jewish support in their quest to resurrect part of the “Star Wars” missile defense system. Witnesses slated to appear at the hearing include the family of an Israeli killed in an Iraqi Scud attack during the 1991 Gulf War.
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