1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

I'm writing to demand you vote to strip Section 224 — the "United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative" — from the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act. This provision would do something the United States has never done with any ally in our history: formally merge our military-industrial apparatus with a foreign nation's. It would require the Secretary of Defense to designate a dedicated Pentagon executive agent to coordinate joint weapons research, co-production, and defense technology integration — exclusively with Israel. Not NATO. Not the UK. Not Canada. Israel. This is not a mutual defense treaty. This is structural military integration — the kind that creates shared command dependencies, exposes sensitive U.S. defense data to a foreign partner's systems, and compromises our ability to act in American interests independently. **Netanyahu called Section 224 "my plan" — in his own words.** He is a foreign leader currently subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Legislation architecting American military cooperation should not be written to his specifications. The American public is not with this. The data is clear and consistent: - 60% of Americans disapprove of Israel's military conduct in Gaza (Gallup, 2025) — down 10 points in a single year. - 41% of Americans now sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis, a historic first (Gallup, February 2026). - Majorities across party lines — including MAGA supporters — oppose Israeli annexation of the West Bank. - 6 in 10 Americans hold an unfavorable view of the Israeli government, with a rising share saying Israel is "going too far" (Pew Research, October 2025). Americans are not behind Israel's expansionist agenda in Gaza, the West Bank, or in the architecture of U.S. defense policy. Rep. Ro Khanna called Section 224 a blank check for a country most Americans oppose arming further. Rep. Thomas Massie has opposed it on sovereignty grounds. Sen. Bernie Sanders has said "we must" strip it from the bill. Bipartisan opposition exists because the concern is legitimate: the United States has never merged its military with any country, under any circumstances. There is no precedent, no strategic rationale, and no public mandate for doing it now. I am asking you to stand with your constituents. Vote to remove Section 224/219 from the FY2027 NDAA.