Senator Chris Van Hollen took to the Senate floor to urge his colleagues not to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) while it still contains two controversial provisions that Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly advocated.
Resist Hate covered both provisions in detail. Since those articles were published, the section numbers have reportedly been changed after independent media outlets began citing them, making the provisions more difficult for the public to track.
- Section #??? would significantly expand military cooperation between the United States and Israel, giving the Netanyahu government unprecedented access to Pentagon programs, defense planning, weapons development, and U.S. military technology.
- Section #??? would require the U.S. government to share intelligence with Israel, limiting future administrations’ ability to decide when or whether sensitive intelligence should be shared.
These provisions, which Netanyahu has publicly promoted as a way to deepen U.S.-Israel defense cooperation, were quietly inserted into the NDAA and have received little attention from major cable news outlets.
Instead, much of the reporting has come from military publications and independent journalists working to bring these changes to the public’s attention.
If you have concerns about these provisions, contact your senators and urge them to oppose passage of the NDAA until both sections are removed.
Decisions that fundamentally reshape military cooperation and intelligence sharing deserve a full public debate before they become law.
Thank you, Senator Chris Van Hollen, for once again demonstrating a willingness to speak out on an issue that many others have chosen to ignore.
