1. United States
2. N.Y.
3. Letter

I’m writing to express my deep frustration and disappointment in your recent votes to further fund ongoing military actions tied to both the Trump administration’s policies and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s war efforts. At a moment when restraint, diplomacy, and moral clarity are desperately needed, this continued commitment to escalation feels not only misguided, but profoundly out of step with the values you claim to represent. There is a long American tradition—one you are entrusted to uphold—of questioning the momentum toward war, especially when it risks becoming self-perpetuating. As John F. Kennedy said: “Peace is not merely the absence of war—it is a process, a way of solving problems.” What we are seeing instead is the opposite: an ongoing investment in conflict as default policy. I urge you to reconsider this path. Leadership is not measured by how readily we fund war, but by how seriously we pursue alternatives to it.