Separately, the Union for Reform Judaism urged the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. to avoid destroying a Palestinian village whose future is now being reviewed by the High Court.
A policy researcher's lawsuit alleged that foreign aid to Israel violates two amendments of the 1961 Foreign Aid Act, which exclude assistance to clandestine nuclear powers.
The former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, who had spent 30 years in prison for spying for Israel, is a flight risk with knowledge of documents that are still "top secret," a federal judge ruled.