I am writing to demand that you reject the so-called Stand With Israel Act, introduced in the House by Representatives Lawler and Moskowitz and already active in the Senate.
This bill is indefensible. It seeks to defund and punish the United Nations for enforcing international law—specifically when Israel is to be held accountable. That is not “standing with democracy.” It is an attempt to enforce impunity for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide by threatening global institutions into silence.
Israel is in clear violation of multiple UN resolutions, the Geneva Conventions, the UN Charter, the Rome Statute, and binding rulings and provisional measures issued by the International Court of Justice. These are not political opinions. They are legal findings. Responding by attacking the UN is an admission that the goal is not justice, but exemption from the law.
To those who claim to be progressive or pro–human rights: you cannot credibly defend international law while supporting legislation that punishes institutions for enforcing it. You cannot claim to oppose genocide, apartheid, or collective punishment while voting to protect a state accused of exactly those crimes. If human rights are conditional, then they are meaningless.
To those who claim to be America First or fiscally conservative: this bill demands unlimited political loyalty and endless taxpayer-funded military support for a foreign government—while threatening to dismantle international systems the U.S. helped build. There is nothing conservative about blank checks, endless wars, or subordinating U.S. policy to foreign interests.
The majority of Americans do not support sending more weapons to Israel. We do not support defunding the UN for upholding the law. And we do not support elected officials acting as accomplices to mass civilian slaughter.
You were elected to represent Americans, not to “stand with Israel” regardless of its actions. Any vote for this bill is a vote for complicity—and it will be remembered.
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