Summer Lee co-sponsors ‘concerning’ anti-Israel legislation
Squirrel Hill representative pushes for arms embargo
Rep. Summer Lee, who represents Squirrel Hill, is one of 22 Democrats who is co-sponsoring legislation that, according to Jewish Insider, pushes for “a series of sweeping and unprecedented new restrictions on U.S. aid to Israel, requiring specific authorizations from Congress for each transfer of numerous key weapons and guarantees from Israel about their use.”
Billed as the Block the Bombs Act, and supported by CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations) and the anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace, H.R. 3565 would prohibit the president from selling or transferring several types of defensive arms to the Jewish state in the absence of a specific law passed by Congress.
The bill “would be an extraordinary measure targeting Israel alone in a unique manner with the clear purpose of depriving Israel of some of the munitions it needs most,” Bradley Bowman, senior director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Military and Political Power and a former Senate staffer, told Jewish Insider. It is “among some of the most concerning anti-Israel legislation we’ve seen in recent years.”
If the law is passed, Bowman said, it would essentially amount to an arms embargo against Israel.
The bill is led by Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois.
The Israeli government’s genocide and forced famine in Gaza is collective punishment funded by our tax dollars and carried out with American-made weapons.
The U.S. must withhold weapons—from them and any entity violating international humanitarian law.
Congress must pass the… pic.twitter.com/73hsuMJflw
— Rep. Summer Lee (@RepSummerLee) June 5, 2025
On Thursday, just four days after a group of Jews in Boulder, Colorado, were firebombed by a man yelling “Free Palestine,” Lee posted incendiary remarks against Israel on Facebook and X.
“The Israeli government’s genocide and forced famine in Gaza is collective punishment funded by our tax dollars and carried out with American-made weapons,” Lee wrote. “The U.S. must withhold weapons—from them and any entity violating international humanitarian law. Congress must pass the Block the Bombs Act and save lives.” PJC
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