Ro Khanna, a sitting Congress member, has supported Israel's right to 'defend' itself, leading to the deaths of thousands of Palestinians, and the displacement of millions more. But he eventually changed his stance and called for a permanent ceasefire.
USA representative of district 17 in California
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Backed a bill to consolidate the U.S. defense aid to Israel that's around $3.8 billion per year. “I support continued aid to Israel,” Khanna said, “but the American president has a whole range of options.” Declined to go into specifics about what aid he would favor using as leverage against Israel in his petition against the demolitions in the west bank. Basically he talks about the human rights abuses committed by Israel occasionally, yet still insisted that Israel should be given billions of US taxpayer dollars every year for it's military.
But on April 20, 2024 he voted against Israel receiving aid.
In 2019, Khanna voted to pass H.Res. 246 which condemns BDS. In an interview in January 2025, Khanna reiterated that he indeed does oppose BDS because he believes that "there has to be a secure Israel" and that "Isreal has a right to exist as a Jewish democratic state." When asked if he supports Palesinian armed resistance against Israel, Khanna said he only believes in non-violent demonstratinos, despite saying he supports Ukrainian armed resistance against Russia.
They cosponsored HR2748: the "Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021", that aims to normalize Arab-Israeli relations and strengthen the Abraham Accords, which is an agreement between the apartheid state of Israel and some of the world’s most autocratic dictatorships.
SourceThey cosponsored HR3792: the "U.S.-Israel Partnership and Abraham Accords Enhancement Act of 2023", which will - allow the Department of Defense (DOD) to give more weapons to Israel - continue the "Development of indigenous energy resources" (http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:22%20section:2151d%20edition:prelim) i.e. extracting oil from Palestine - allow Israel to use grants to support nuclear technologies - create U.S. diplomatic efforts to oppose the International Criminal Court's investigations against US and Israel. - discriminate countries' Middle East Regional Cooperation grants based on their participation in the Abraham Accords
SourceThey cosponsored HR5253: the "Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022", that gave the Department of Defense $1 billion to help Israel procure the Iron Dome defense system.
SourceThey voted for HR8369: the "Israel Security Assistance Support Act", that 1. Prevents the Departments of Defense and State from witholding delivery of weapons to Israel, 2. Forces them to use all remaining funds to assist Israel's genocide, 3. Enforces monitoring on them to ensure that they are continuously reporting to Congress on their defense support for Israel's genocide.
SourceThey cosponsored HRES771: Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists.
SourceThey voted for HRES1143: Condemning Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel.
SourceBDS Boycott:
The BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement is a global campaign which follows the worldwide boycott movement that led to the successful dismantling of apartheid in South Africa and therefore advocates for various sustained forms of boycott against Israel until it complies with international law.
Founded as a response to the rampant, ongoing and systemic dispossession, displacement, and disenfranchisement endured by generations of Palestinians, the BDS movement is in direct response to the relentless expansion of Israeli settlements, the imposition of discriminatory laws and the denial of basic rights to millions living under occupation, apartheid or in exile with no right of return.
Central to the ethos of BDS is the belief that every purchase and action carries a weighty moral responsibility. To buy goods from or actively support companies or organizations on the BDS list is to cast a vote in favor of perpetuating injustice, a tacit endorsement of the status quo of occupation and discrimination. It’s a direct violation of the collective conscience, a betrayal of the fundamental principles of human rights and dignity.
By pressuring Israel and its supporters by withdrawing support and capital, humanity aims to bring awareness to — and ultimately — end the occupation of Palestine, grant equal rights to all Palestinians and recognize the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes. This pressure also extends to any individuals and entities found to be complicit in the normalization, funding or support of Israel’s brutal occupation and 75+ years of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
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