Build Pressure to End U.S. Complicity in the Israeli Government’s Violence

When the Senate voted on a joint resolution of disapproval (JRD) to halt the sale of armored bulldozers to the Israeli government in April, a record 40 senators voted to block the sale. Here’s why that’s such a big deal:

In early 2024, just 11 senators voted to request a simple human rights report on the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza. Only 15 senators voted to halt a similar weapons transfer to the Israeli government a year later. That number grew to 27 in the summer of 2025 when, for the first time, a majority of Senate Democrats voted to block U.S.-made bombs and rifles to the Israeli government.

Now, the dam has broken. 85% of the Senate’s Democratic caucus voted to end U.S. complicity in the Israeli government’s horrific violence — in genocide in Gaza, in illegal annexations in the West Bank, and in an invasion into southern Lebanon.

Turning the tide on the Senate’s blank check approach to the Israeli government was the first step. Now, we have to win these votes to block U.S. weapons from reaching the Israeli military.

To secure the majority needed to achieve those victories, letting this group of 40 senators know that we see and appreciate their votes is a crucial start. When senators know groups like ours and people like you have their backs, it creates the political space for more lawmakers to join them in rejecting the status quo and ending U.S. complicity in the Israeli government’s violence.