1. United States
2. Ore.
3. Letter

I am writing as your constituent to urge you to oppose Section 224 of the House’s 2027 National Defense Authorization Act — the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative.” This provision, buried quietly in the NDAA, would do more to bind the U.S. military to the Israeli military than the more than $200 billion in military assistance the U.S. has provided Israel since 1948. It proposes bilateral R&D, co-production of weapons, joint ventures, and coordination across AI, autonomous systems, cyber, directed energy, and biotech. Most alarmingly, it includes “network integration” and “data fusion” — language that means U.S. military data becomes Israeli military data. No U.S. military should be this deeply integrated with any foreign sovereign’s armed forces. That principle should be non-negotiable, regardless of the ally in question. When that ally is actively engaged in conduct that multiple human rights organizations have characterized as genocide, the argument against integration becomes even more urgent and morally clear. This level of integration would exceed anything the U.S. has with its NATO partners. And unlike traditional military aid — which is subject to annual congressional votes and public scrutiny — this merger moves the relationship into the opaque machinery of defense acquisition, where oversight is minimal and political accountability is nearly nonexistent. That is not an accident. It is a design choice, and the American public deserves to know it. The American people have already spoken on this. A recent New York Times/Siena poll found that just 30% of Americans believe the decision to go to war with Iran was correct. A separate Institute for Global Affairs poll found that only 16% of Americans support continuing to supply Israel with weapons without new restrictions, while 62% want weapons halted entirely or conditioned on how they are used. Congress should reflect those numbers, not ignore them. I urge you to oppose Section 224 of the 2027 NDAA and to work actively to strip it from the final bill. The United States must not deepen its military entanglement with a government whose conduct has drawn condemnation from the international community and increasing opposition from the American public.