- United States
- Miss.
- Letter
Strip Section 224 from the FY2027 NDAA. This provision would bury U.S.-Israel military entanglement deep inside Pentagon procurement, R&D, and co-production channels spread across the entire DoD — making it nearly impossible to calculate what we're actually committing to a foreign government. Right now, the $3.8 billion we send Israel annually is publicly appropriated and debatable. Section 224 would end that accountability.
The risks go beyond money. Undefined terms like "network integration" and "data fusion" could effectively make U.S. military data Israeli military data — with no clear oversight mechanism. The provision also covers AI and autonomous weapons systems, accelerating exactly the kind of military AI development that poses serious long-term dangers. And once Israeli-linked firms build manufacturing facilities across congressional districts, this relationship becomes nearly impossible to reverse — Freeman at the Quincy Institute calls it "the Israel lobby on steroids," and he's right.
Only 16% of Americans support unrestricted weapons transfers to Israel. Thirty-eight percent want them stopped entirely. The public has spoken clearly. Listen to your constituents, not your lobbyists, and remove Section 224 from the NDAA.