With the Israeli Knesset voting to dissolve itself and head to its fifth election in just three years, the country will see Yair Lapid, who served as alternate prime minister and foreign minister in the outgoing government, become the Jewish state’s 14th prime minister.
Here’s a primer on this week's Iron Dome debate in Congress, including the nine lawmakers trying to block funding for it, and the danger posed to all Israeli citizens and Palestinian lives if Iron dome does not exist.