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A group of Democratic senators is urging colleagues to block the advancement of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) until the Senate has the opportunity to strip it of \u201creckless\u201d provisions that mandate military and intelligence cooperation between the U.S. and Israel.<\/p>\n

In a letter to colleagues, six senators, led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), said that they already oppose the massive, $1.15 trillion Pentagon budget for next year, representing a nearly 30 percent increase from this year\u2019s budget. <\/p>\n

But they\u2019re even further incensed, they wrote, by a provision that mandates the creation of a program to deepen coordination between the U.S. and Israeli military and intelligence, known as the \u201cU.S.-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThese agreements threaten U.S. national security interests by handing the Netanyahu government leverage over American weapons systems and military technology,\u201d the letter says. \u201cThis is not hypothetical. The Netanyahu government has already leveraged its existing coproduction agreement with the United States on missile defense to block American Iron Dome batteries from reaching Ukraine \u2014 directly against U.S. national security interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S.-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative would give Israel special access to U.S. military technology that\u2019s not available to any other country in the world. Human rights advocates have previously called the provision, quietly tacked onto the bill earlier this year, \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d in light of the violations of international and domestic law already committed through the U.S.\u2019s existing military cooperation with Israel.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has personally advocated for the provision. Experts have said that it would give Israel an even greater voice in guiding U.S. foreign policy, while also making the U.S. more dependent on Israel\u2019s military supply chain.<\/p>\n

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The lawmakers also express concern about a provision within the 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act, which is typically added onto the Pentagon budget bill before passage, which mandates that the executive branch \u201cexpand and enhance intelligence sharing with the Government of Israel\u201d and explicitly bans the reduction or suspension of intelligence sharing with Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cImposing such a constraint on the President\u2019s ability to protect America\u2019s vital intelligence is reckless at any time, but particularly now, when according to public reports, the Trump Administration recently raised the counterintelligence threat level from Israel to the highest level,\u201d the lawmakers wrote.<\/p>\n

They say that fellow senators should work to block the advancement of the budget legislation until they are able to undertake a debate and vote on amendments to remove the provisions.<\/p>\n

On top of Van Hollen, the letter was also signed by Senators Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), and Peter Welch (D-Vermont).<\/p>\n

The provision comes at a time of growing opposition among the American public, especially Democrats and the left, to expanding the U.S.\u2019s cooperation with Israel. The lawmakers point out that a measure by Sanders to block the sale of certain weapons to Israel recently reached a high point of 40 votes \u2014 a level of support that would have been virtually unheard of prior to Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n

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