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", "author_name": "Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption", "author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/citizens-against-aipac-corruption", "title": "Tell the Senate: STOP the Permanent Integration of American military tech with Israel", "thumbnail_url": "https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg", "description": "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees the writing on the wall: the American people want less cooperation with Israel’s military aggression, not more. Already, when the United States considered sending Iron Dome batteries — a system we jointly produced with Israel — to aid Ukraine, Israel objected. So, we didn't send the batteries. Now he’s trying to fix the game before he loses any more ground. Legislation in Congress (known as Section 219) would tie U.S. and Israeli weapons programs together, for good. It also creates a Pentagon executive agent role that does not answer to Congress, and any changes won't require a yearly vote like foreign aid or routine Pentagon spending does. A separate intelligence provision would expand sharing and make it virtually impossible to pull back — even under a new Democratic president and Democratic majority in Congress. This is exactly what Netanyahu has publicly pushed Congress to do. That’s why Section 219 has already passed the House. We have to stop it NOW before it passes the Senate. The American people agree. A recent poll found that 61% of voters oppose this kind of integration, including 78% of Democrats and 73% of independents — a number that would likely be higher if more voters understood what this change represents. A separate question in the same poll found a majority of Republicans oppose giving any foreign military special access to U.S. systems, once Israel isn't named. Six sitting senators are fighting this from the inside: Chris Van Hollen, Bernie Sanders, Jeff Merkley, Peter Welch, Ed Markey, and Elizabeth Warren. That’s a start, but it’s not enough to stop Netanyahu’s powergrab. Click ‘START WRITING’ to sign and send a direct message telling your senators to add their names immediately to protect American sovereignty and STOP this permanent fusing of our military with Israel’s.", "url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-permanent-integration-us-israel-tech" }