Three House Democrats who collected thousands from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in recent election cycles have signed on to a bill that would block arms sales to Israel in the latest sign that support for the U.S. ally has become a political liability amid its ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The Block the Bombs to Israel Act would prohibit the Trump administration from providing Israel with specific U.S.-made weapons that the Israeli military has used in documented war crimes against Palestinians. As the 2026 midterm elections near, the bill’s backers are seeking to frame it as a litmus test for Democratic voters, who have long expressed support for such restrictions.

Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-N.C., who was first elected to the House in 2022 while riding more than $800,00 in

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