Foreign Policy and Defense

Military aid to Israel

88 public statements from 2026 candidates · 5 related bills

§1The range of views

Why this matters: These decisions affect Israel's security, the conflict in Gaza and US relations across the Middle East.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

The weapons and military funding the US gives Israel, including about $3.8 billion that Congress approved for 2026, and whether that aid should come with conditions, such as on its use in Gaza.1

  1. Increase military aid to Israel
  2. Keep military aid at current levels, without new conditions
  3. Attach conditions, such as limits on how US weapons are used and requirements to let humanitarian aid into Gaza
  4. Reduce or end military aid to Israel

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Attach conditions, such as limits on how US weapons are used and requirements to let humanitarian aid into Gaza (8)

  • Kimberly Overman FL-12
    Her campaign platform says U.S. military aid and foreign assistance should comply with U.S. law, international law and human rights standards, and that U.S. tax dollars should never contribute to human rights violations or harm to civilians.2
  • Nicole Locklin FL-26
    Her campaign website says she supports immediate transparency about weapons transfers to Israel, strict human-rights conditions on aid, enforcement of existing U.S. law in full, and backing for independent investigations.3,4
  • Jonathan L. Jackson IL-1
    His official biography says he has joined colleagues in advocating for conditions on U.S. military aid to Israel in line with the Leahy Law.5
  • Lydia Christensen MI Senate
    Her campaign website says she would vote against continued military aid to Israel until compliance is independently verified, and would push to enforce existing human rights law.6
  • Fred Wellman MO-2
    His campaign website says U.S. military aid must be used in line with American and international law, and that he supports the Stop the Bombs Act, the West Bank Violence Prevention Act and enforcement of the Leahy Law.7
  • Ryan Michael Kelly NJ-3
    His campaign website says he supports a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and making any future U.S. military assistance depend on following international and humanitarian law, and that he supports ending military aid that enables violations of those laws.8
  • Teresa F. Benitez-Thompson NV-2
    Her campaign website says military aid from the United States to Israel should come with conditions and depend on Israel following U.S. law and international humanitarian law, that future arms sales should also carry conditions, including Israel's compliance with the Ceasefire Compliance Act, that direct U.S. funding for offensive arms sales to Israel should be phased out, and that she supports funding for defense systems such as the Iron Dome.9
  • Chris Henry OR Senate
    His platform calls for ending U.S. military assistance that facilitates serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law, and for unimpeded humanitarian aid.10

Reduce or end military aid to Israel (36)

  • Connie Chan CA-11
    Her campaign website says she would cosponsor the Block the Bombs Act and oppose all weapon sales to Israel until it complies with the Leahy law on human rights, and says the United States cannot justify sending money, weapons or other aid to Israel while its government's current actions continue.11
  • Ro Khanna CA-17
    His campaign website says he supports stopping military sales used to kill civilians in Gaza, no new U.S. taxpayer money for Israel and an end to U.S. funding of Israel's defensive systems, and that he voted against funding offensive weapons for Israel.12,13
  • Tessa Lynn Hodge CA-23
    Her campaign website says she will call in Congress for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for ending U.S. funding to Israel.14
  • Angélica María Dueñas CA-29
    Her campaign website says she will never vote to send U.S. weapons or military aid to Israel.15
  • Angela Gonzales-Torres CA-34
    Her campaign website calls for an immediate arms embargo and ceasefire in Gaza and says she will never vote to send weapons to the Israeli military.16
  • Adam Withrow CO Senate
    His campaign website says the United States must stop sending weapons to Israel, and says it should work toward a two-state solution based on pre-1967 borders.17
  • Melat Kiros CO-1
    Her platform supports an immediate and unconditional arms embargo on Israel and ending all U.S. funding for Israel's military.18,19
  • Clifton Brown CO-3
    His campaign website says he would stop U.S. funding for Israel's government and end U.S. arms sales worldwide.20
  • Meredith Ryan CO-6
    Her campaign website says she pledges to end weapon sales to Israel.21
  • Benjamin Wesley CT-4
    His campaign website calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for ending all weapons sales and donations to Israel for the immediate future, saying passage of the Block the Bombs Act (H.R. 3565) would be a start.22
  • Robert People FL-15
    His campaign website says he will vote for no further arms to be sent to Israel under the current administration, and his Israel and Palestine plan says he will vote to stop American arms shipments to Israel.23,24
  • Mark Davis FL-16
    His policy platform says he does not support U.S. financial or military aid to Israel on a permanent basis, though Israel could receive temporary defensive protection in a genuine emergency.25
  • Dean Ocean Abrams FL Governor
    His campaign website says he opposes military aid to Israel.26
  • Matt Loesby ID Senate
    His campaign website says the US should send no more money or weapons to Israel.27
  • Patty Garcia IL-4
    Her campaign website calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for an end to all U.S. military assistance and arms shipments to Israel for its attack on Gaza.28
  • Drew Cox IN-4
    His campaign website says no money or weapons, whether offensive or defensive, should be sent from the United States to Israel, and that the United States should stop protecting Israel in the United Nations.29
  • Mary Allen IN-8
    Her campaign website says she supports ending military support to Israel to align foreign aid with human rights and international law.30
  • Charles Booker KY Senate
    His campaign website says he would propose ending the annual U.S. aid commitment to Israel and suspending future military funding and arms sales until a two-state solution is in place.31
  • Pete Lynch KY-6
    His campaign website says he supports stopping funding for Israel's military and ending all military aid for offensive purposes.32
  • Shiva Ayyadurai MA Senate
    His campaign website says taxpayer subsidies to Israel and other countries should stop.33
  • Sam Husseini MD-4
    His campaign website lists ending all funding to Israel among its platform points, and says US tax dollars are funding Israel's military actions in Gaza, Iran and Lebanon.34
  • Troy D. Jackson ME Senate
    His campaign website says he would stop U.S. funding for Israel's military and that the U.S. government has a responsibility not to enable the suffering in Gaza.35
  • Zebulon Featherly MI-1
    His campaign website says he does not support using US taxpayer money to fund Israel's military and that the money should be spent in the United States and in Michigan.36
  • William Lawrence MI-7
    His campaign website says the United States must stop arming Israel and lists stopping arms sales to Israel and other human rights violators among his priorities.37,38
  • Rashida Tlaib MI-12
    Her campaign website says she has introduced joint resolutions of disapproval aimed at stopping weapons sales to the Israeli government, and that she works to keep U.S. tax money from paying for human rights abuses by the Israeli military.39
  • Donavan McKinney MI-13
    His campaign website says the U.S. needs to end the military aid and arms it gives to Israel, and says he pledges to co-sign legislation like the Block the Bombs Act.40
  • Abdul El-Sayed MI Senate
    His campaign website says he supports an immediate arms embargo on Israel.41
  • Matt Little MN-2
    His campaign website says the U.S. must stop all weapons sales and military aid to Israel, and calls for humanitarian aid access to Gaza, withdrawal of settlements in Palestinian territories and ultimately a negotiated two-state solution.42
  • Brandon Coulter Daugherty MO-2
    His campaign website calls for no more money for Israel or any other ally, saying the country has enough problems of its own.43
  • Alani Bankhead MT Senate
    Her campaign website says she would end U.S. military assistance to Israel while the fighting in Gaza continues, and keep humanitarian aid reaching civilians.44
  • Brian J Miller MT-2
    His campaign website says the U.S. should provide no more money or weapons to Israel.45
  • Maad Abu-Ghazalah NC-7
    His campaign website's home page says the United States should stop arming Israel and other foreign governments and should use its leverage to promote peace through diplomacy.46
  • Veronica Fernandez NJ Senate
    Her campaign website says she will not vote to continue arming the Netanyahu government and that sending taxpayer dollars to Israel is wasteful.47
  • Adam Hamawy NJ-12
    His campaign website says he supports cutting off military aid to countries that commit gross human rights violations, and names Israel among them.48
  • Greg Levy OH Senate special
    His campaign website calls for cutting all U.S. aid to Israel.49
  • Ted Brown TX Senate
    His campaign website says the United States should not give military or financial aid to any foreign country, especially in the Middle East, and it criticizes U.S. funding for Israel's military actions in Gaza.50

Statements that don't match one option (44)

  • Mai Vang CA-7
    Her campaign website says she would work to end U.S. military aid that she says enables war crimes and the occupation of Gaza, and would sign on to the Block the Bombs legislation to stop the flow of weapons used against civilians.51,52
  • Scott Wiener CA-11
    His campaign website says he will not support offensive arms sales to an Israeli government that is not committed to peace, while the United States should keep providing defensive systems such as Iron Dome, with Israel rather than U.S. taxpayers paying for them.53
  • Jamie Joyce CA-12
    Her campaign website says she supports Israel's right to exist but calls for blocking bomb shipments, letting humanitarian aid into Gaza and ending the famine there.54
  • Brad Sherman CA-32
    His campaign website says he worked to pass $14.1 billion in emergency defense aid for Israel in 2024 and supports fully funding the Iron Dome and the annual $3.8 billion in aid under the 2016 agreement.55
  • Mike Cargile CA-35
    His campaign website says U.S. support for Israel is conditional and must be based on its benefit to the United States.56
  • Ken Calvert CA-40
    His campaign website says he introduced the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, which the House passed in 2024, to require the delivery of defense weapons to Israel that the Biden administration had sought to withhold.57
  • Chris Shea CT-5
    His campaign website says the United States should stand with Israel and support its right to self-defense.58
  • Joseph "Dr. Joe" Arminio DE-AL
    His campaign website says the United States should require Israel to implement a two-state solution on a relatively short timetable, alongside a regional air defense system with Israel and Sunni Arab states.59,60
  • Angie Nixon FL Senate special
    Her campaign website says US military assistance must not be used to enable human rights violations, citing the Leahy Law, and calls for ending US support for West Bank settlements it describes as illegal and for upholding the ceasefire in Gaza.61
  • Austin Rogers FL-2
    His campaign website says the United States must keep providing critical support to Israel as it faces threats from Iran, Hamas and others in the Middle East.62
  • Brian Mast FL-21
    His campaign website says he introduced and passed legislation to expand joint missile defense work between the U.S. and Israel and to cut off U.S. aid funds that it says were being used to reward anti-Israel terrorists.63
  • Lois Frankel FL-23
    Her campaign website says she has consistently advocated security assistance that helps Israel defend itself and supports aid to Israel and to innocent civilians in Gaza.64
  • Jared Moskowitz FL-25
    His campaign website says he backs continued security assistance to Israel.65
  • Matt Day GA-2
    His campaign website’s American Investment Bill says nations such as Israel and Taiwan that receive U.S. military aid would have to give the United States a share of future technology export revenue as royalties.66
  • Austin Scott GA-8
    His official House website says that ensuring Israel’s qualitative military edge is a key national security priority and that U.S. security assistance to Israel is important to American interests.67
  • Dave Bushaw IA-2
    His platform page criticizes military funding for Israel in the annual defense authorization law, saying he does not see the logic in giving American taxpayer dollars to a country that guarantees health care to its citizens.68
  • Brad Schneider IL-10
    His campaign website says the House unanimously passed his Israel Qualitative Enhancement Act in 2013, which it says helps ensure Israel is equipped to defend itself, and that he will continue to advocate for a strong US-Israel partnership.69
  • Whitfield Harrington Jr IL Senate
    His campaign website says the US should remain a friend of Israel, and that US military assistance should generally take the form of arms sales or repayable loans rather than open-ended grants.70
  • Kelly Thompson IN-3
    Her campaign website says she would end unconditional military aid to Israel and require any future assistance to comply with American law, international humanitarian law and basic human-rights standards.71
  • Lauren Jewett LA-1
    Her campaign website says she opposes sending U.S. military aid, weapons and tax dollars to fund foreign conflicts and violence such as what is happening in Gaza, and would redirect that money to the basic needs of children and people at home.72
  • Lisa Ballay LA-2
    Her campaign website says her approach to the conflict in Israel and Gaza is to protect civilians, avoid unnecessary American military entanglement and demand clear objectives for any U.S. involvement, and says she has not adopted a detailed platform on it.73
  • "Matt" Gromlich LA-4
    His campaign website says he does not take AIPAC money, does not support sending money to any country that acts as the aggressor, and will not send additional funding to Israel while, as he describes it, atrocities are being committed.74
  • Jake Auchincloss MA-4
    His campaign website says he supports U.S. allies in Congress, naming Israel.75
  • Adrian Boafo MD-5
    His campaign website says he would strengthen the U.S.-Israel alliance and make sure Israel gets the security aid it needs to protect itself from Hamas and other terrorist threats, and would increase humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians with safeguards against diversion by Hamas.76
  • April McClain Delaney MD-6
    Her campaign website says she firmly supports Israel's right to defend itself, and that she supported the bipartisan bill then before the Senate to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.77
  • Peggy Flanagan MN Senate
    Her campaign website says she supports a lasting ceasefire and a two-state solution, would have voted with Senators Smith and Klobuchar to halt offensive weapons sales to Israel, and wants more aid sent to Gaza.78
  • Ilhan Omar MN-5
    It says that for as long as the Israeli government keeps violating international law, she would hold back offensive weapons transfers and military aid to it.79
  • Doug Chapin MN-6
    It says he supports withholding or restricting aid to Israel until the war in Gaza ends.80
  • Jordan Herrera MO-4
    His campaign website lists conditioning U.S. aid to Israel on compliance with international law and human rights, defensive cooperation without sending munitions to Israel, and ending U.S. support for offensive military action in Gaza.81
  • Michael Guest MS-3
    A policy page on his campaign website, found only in its site map, speaks of what he would do if elected and names the United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018, so it appears to date from his first campaign; it says he supports continuing U.S. military assistance to Israel, including the security assistance set out in the 2016 U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding.82
  • Michael D Eisenhauer MT-2
    His Why Independent page lists support for Israel in its fight against Hamas, which it says refers to the organization rather than the people living in Gaza or the West Bank, among actions of President Trump that he clearly supports.83
  • Guy Meilleur NC-4
    His campaign website says Tel Aviv and Kyiv deserve Iron Domes, which are missile-defense systems. It also criticizes both major parties for treating a threat to reduce the size of the bombs Israel drops on people in Gaza as progress.84
  • Steven Feldman NC-10
    His campaign website says the United States should stop supporting Israel's conduct toward Palestinian families, which it describes as mistreatment and killing, and says he believes the Israeli government's current policy is wrong both morally and strategically.85
  • Ashley Bell NC-10
    Her campaign website says the United States should stop funding Israel's conduct toward Palestinians, saying American money should not pay for the deaths of Palestinians, among them thousands of children.86
  • Dan Osborn NE Senate
    His campaign website says he would cut off aid to Israel until it stops what the site calls aggression against Gaza and its neighbors.87
  • Chris Pappas NH Senate
    His campaign website says he has supported bipartisan security assistance for Israel and voted for humanitarian aid to Gaza, that he has called for a ceasefire that returns all hostages, destroys Hamas and lets humanitarian aid flow freely, and that he supports a two-state solution.88
  • Ramon Mora Jr. NJ-2
    The Foreign Policy page lists opposing what it calls Israel-first, America-second policies, saying there is no reason for the United States to pay nearly all the costs of another country's social programs while Americans go without.89
  • Gregg Mele NJ-12
    His campaign website says he supports a strong security partnership between the United States and Israel and Israel's right to defend its people.90,91
  • Gabriel Vasquez NM-2
    His campaign website lists being the first member of New Mexico's delegation to call for a ceasefire in Gaza among his accomplishments, along with efforts to stop American taxpayers from funding Israel's ongoing wars.92
  • William B. Redpath OH Senate special
    His campaign website says the United States' special relationship with Israel should end and Israel should be treated like any other allied nation.93
  • Curtis Stinnett OK Senate
    His campaign website says the United States should stop all military aid to Israel until its campaign in Gaza and the West Bank ends and it begins to make restitution, and only after a change from the government led by Benjamin Netanyahu.94
  • Andrew Gerena TN Senate
    His campaign website calls for cutting off military aid to any country suspected of war crimes and for separating the U.S. military and intelligence agencies from the Israeli government.95
  • James Talarico TX Senate
    His campaign website says he would stop sales of offensive weapons to the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu while supporting defensive systems such as the Iron Dome, and would push for a two-state solution.96
  • Rachel Fetty Anderson WV Senate
    Her campaign website says she supports a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine and would not vote to send or sell weapons to any country except purely for self-defense.97

§3Related bills

Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.