Every day, millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars are used to fund the Israeli military, even as it targets civilians.
Every day, millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars are used to fund the Israeli military, even as it targets civilians.
U.S. taxpayer money is being used to kill civilians, and we have the power, 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, trying to survive. And 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. Sign the petition. Speak up. Be counted
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Every day, millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars are used to fund the Israeli thousands of civilians in Gaza. Under U.S. law, "the Leahy Law", military units that commit gross human rights violations are prohibited from receiving American aid. But Israel has never once been held accountable under this law.
As Americans, we demand a formal, transparent Leahy Law review of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). There is extensive, credible evidence, including eyewitness accounts by American physicians and human rights organizations, of the IDF targeting civilians, blocking humanitarian aid, and carrying out actions that clearly meet the legal threshold for triggering a review under 22 U.S.C. § 2378d.
This is not about politics. It’s about accountability. Congress and the State Department cannot continue turning a blind eye while our money helps finance war crimes. We are calling on lawmakers to enforce U.S. law, apply the Leahy standard equally, and suspend aid to any IDF units found responsible.
Stop the double standard. Sign this petition and demand a Leahy review now.military, even as it targets hospitals, bombs aid convoys, and kills
A U.S. human rights safeguard, the Leahy Law, first passed in 1997 and codified under Foreign Assistance Act § 620M—barres military and police aid to foreign units credibly implicated in “gross human rights violations” like torture, extrajudicial killing, rape, and forced disappearances. Vetting is required before assistance; if violations are found, aid must be paused until justice follows, via investigation, prosecution, or sanctioning the perpetrators .
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