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To: Senator Bernie Sanders, Secretary of State Pete Hegseth, Rep Rashida Tlaib, Senator Jeff Merkley, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senator Ben Cardin, Representative Ilhan Omar, Assistant Secretary Robert Gilchrist
End Military Support to Israel. Trigger a Leahy Law Review of the Israeli Military — Now
Dear Senator,
I am writing to urge you to initiate an immediate and transparent Leahy Law review of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) units receiving U.S. military assistance. Under U.S. law, military aid must be suspended to any foreign unit credibly implicated in gross human rights violations. The evidence in Gaza more than meets that threshold.
I recently worked in Gaza as an emergency physician. I crawled through pools of blood in overwhelmed trauma bays. I treated infants with limbs blown off, children with gunshot wounds to the head, women torn apart by artillery fire. I witnessed the unspeakable destruction of civilians, families annihilated, aid workers killed, hospitals attacked. These are not abstractions. These are human lives, and I cared for them with my own hands.
Eyewitness accounts from U.S. citizens, international agencies, and independent investigators all point to repeated violations of international humanitarian law by IDF units. If the Leahy Law is not enforced now, it is meaningless.
This is not about politics. This is about human decency, legal accountability, and the integrity of our foreign policy. I am asking you to apply the law equally to all allies. Suspend aid to implicated units. Demand investigations, transparency, and consequences.
Please act. Lives depend on it.
Sincerely,
Dr. Mark Brauner
Emergency Physician
Emergency Physician
Why is this important?
Because U.S. taxpayer money is being used to kill civilians. We have the power, the legal mechanisms and the legal obligation, to stop it. I recently worked in Gaza as an emergency physician. I treated infants with their arms blown off, children with gunshot wounds to the head, and women shredded by bombs. The trauma bays were soaked in blood. These weren’t fighters , they were human beings with empty pockets and broken sandals, trying to survive. Many of the weapons used against them were funded by us.
Right now, many people in Gaza are not eating at all. A few receive a few hundred calories a day, if that. Children, adults, and the elderly are experiencing severe cognitive dysfunction and physical collapse from starvation. Thousands are at risk of imminent death from starvation alone, not to mention the continued threat of bombs, bullets, and sniper fire.
The Leahy Law exists to stop this kind of horror. It prohibits U.S. military aid to foreign units that commit gross human rights violations. There is overwhelming evidence that Israeli military units have done exactly that. And yet, not a single dollar has been withheld.
This campaign is about basic decency. It’s about applying our laws equally, without exception or favoritism. If we can’t enforce our own human rights standards, what do we stand for? Join me in demanding a formal Leahy review of the Israeli military. Add your name. Speak up. Be counted
How it will be delivered
We will deliver the petition both digitally and in person. Once we reach a critical number of signatures, it will be sent to key members of Congress, including the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees. We’re also organizing an in-person delivery in D.C. with a press event, hand-delivered letters, and testimonies from doctors, legal experts, and aid workers—amplified by a media and social campaign under #LeahyReviewNow.