A provision in a bill before the United States Congress could tie the American and Israeli militaries far more closely together, Al Jazeera reports.

The proposal, titled the “United States-Israel Defence Technology Cooperation Initiative”, appears as Section 224 of the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), the annual US defence policy bill.

The measure is still at an early stage. The NDAA is passed by Congress each year to set US military policy and authorise defence programmes and spending levels.

“If enacted, the provision could mark a major change in one of the world’s closest military relationships, shifting the two countries from a partnership centred largely on American military aid towards one in which their defence industries are more deeply intertwined,” the report read.