1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

Vote to remove Section 219 from the National Defense Authorization Act. This provision would permanently merge U.S. and Israeli military operations — joint weapons development, mandatory intelligence sharing, and a ban on the president limiting that collaboration even in response to human rights abuses. It would make Israel more integrated into our military than any NATO ally, and it's being buried in a must-pass bill precisely because it couldn't survive a standalone vote. The American public has shifted. Sixty percent of adults now hold an unfavorable view of Israel, up from 42% in 2022. Fifty-seven percent of young Republicans and 84% of young Democrats share that view. Rep. Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, withdrew his support and pledged to vote to strip the provision from the floor. Once this is law, no future president or Congress will easily undo it. Don't lock the country into a permanent military alliance that most Americans don't want and that strips the executive branch of basic foreign policy flexibility.