1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

Oppose Section 224 of the 2027 NDAA Dear Members of Congress, I am writing as a concerned American citizen to express my strong opposition to Section 224 of the House version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), titled the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative.” This provision would integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries to an unprecedented degree, and I urge you to vote against it. Section 224 would establish bilateral research and development, co-production of weapons, joint ventures, and licensing agreements between the two countries’ defense sectors. While the U.S. and Israel have previously cooperated on missile defense, this provision would dramatically expand coordination to nearly all areas of defense technology, including AI, quantum computing, autonomous systems, directed energy, cyber capabilities, and biotechnology. Most alarmingly, it proposes “network integration” and “data fusion” that would effectively combine U.S. and Israeli military data. This level of military integration would be problematic for several critical reasons: 1. It eliminates democratic oversight and transparency The shift would move the U.S.-Israel defense relationship from visible annual aid votes subject to public debate into the opaque machinery of defense acquisition, where oversight is limited and political accountability is minimal. This strips away the political and diplomatic oversight mechanisms that make the relationship publicly accountable. 2. It binds the U.S. to Israel’s military actions without recourse. For any American politician or citizen who opposes U.S. support for Israel’s deadly airstrikes in Gaza or the Trump administration’s joint venture with Israel in the war with Iran, Section 224 would provide little recourse. The U.S. and Israel would figuratively be “laying in the same bed together,” with any opposition having minimal effect on decision-making. 3. It disproportionately benefits Israel’s military The U.S. is the world’s number one arms dealer, and this integration would pair the U.S. directly with Israel on all weapons, munitions, and aircraft, including the global supply chain for F-35 fighter jets. This creates a higher level of military-industrial integration than the U.S. has with any other country in the world. 4. It comes at a time of growing public opposition This proposal is being advanced while a growing number of Americans oppose Israel’s actions in the Middle East, including Israel’s war in Palestine and the U.S.-Israeli military cooperation. Congress should be responding to the will of the American people, not quietly embedding sweeping military integration into defense legislation. Since 1948, the U.S. has contributed an inflation-adjusted $200 billion in military assistance to Israel. More aid and deeper integration without accountability is not the answer. I respectfully urge you to: • Vote against Section 224 of the 2027 NDAA • Oppose any provision that fuses U.S. and Israeli defense sectors without robust congressional oversight • Restore transparency to U.S. military aid and cooperation with Israel • Listen to the growing number of Americans who want accountability in U.S. foreign policy. The American people deserve a defense relationship that is both deeper and more transparent—not one that is deeper and less accountable. Please do not vote to quietly integrate our military with another nation’s without proper public debate and oversight.