Summer Lee escalates criticism of Israel, calls for U.S. arms embargo amid Gaza war
Lee accuses Israel of "manufacturing a famine"
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, who represents Squirrel Hill, has doubled down on her criticism of Israel as it continues its defensive war against the terrorist group Hamas.
On Sept. 10, Lee posted photos of herself with pro-Palestinian activists Dr. Adil Husain, Cynthia Nixon and Morgan Spector on X and Facebook. She wrote: “Israel is committing a genocide, and there is no excuse to continue sending them bombs. I urge my colleagues to support our bill.”
Today I met with advocates for the Block the Bomb Act: Dr. Adil Husain who recently returned from Gaza with devastating stories of children killed by Israeli forces, and @CynthiaNixon and Morgan Spector who are using their platforms to uplift the humanity of Palestinians.
Israel… pic.twitter.com/KsW0pO5Qjv
— Rep. Summer Lee (@RepSummerLee) September 11, 2025
Also on X, Lee retweeted a post from the far-left media outlet The Intercept, which quoted Lee as saying, “In the past two years, Israel has bombed nation after nation with no repercussions — all while conducting a genocide and manufacturing a famine in Gaza using U.S. taxpayer dollars.”
The Intercept article goes on to quote Lee as saying, “There must be accountability for Israel’s unchecked power and destabilization of the region. The United States must implement an arms embargo immediately.”
“In the past two years, Israel has bombed nation after nation with no repercussions — all while conducting a genocide and manufacturing a famine in Gaza using U.S. taxpayer dollars,” said @RepSummerLee. https://t.co/pioz0gvinR
— The Intercept (@theintercept) September 10, 2025
In June, Lee joined 21 other Democrats to sponsor 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. Since June, two dozen additional House Democrats have joined as co-sponsors of the bill. PJC
Toby Tabachnick can be reached at ttabachnick@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.
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