But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Jared Huffman
Huffman co-sponsored the 2026 Ceasefire Compliance Act to bar U.S.-origin weapons from use in Gaza and the West Bank if Israel violates the ceasefire, keeping defensive missile aid. He rejects a total cutoff of U.S. aid to Israel and calls Gaza's starvation of children "inexcusable".
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Deep Dive
On February 25, 2026 Huffman co-sponsored the Ceasefire Compliance Act, Rep. Sean Casten's bill to ban the use of U.S.-origin weapons in Gaza and the West Bank if Israel violates the October 2025 ceasefire, annexes the West Bank, or fails to combat settler violence, while exempting defensive missile systems such as Iron Dome. He said: "U.S. weapons should never be used in ways that contribute to civilian deaths, forced displacement, or obstruction of lifesaving aid anywhere," adding that at a moment of "catastrophic civilian suffering and deepening starvation, these guardrails are not optional."
On August 1, 2025 he said: "Starving children, blocking medical supplies, shelling ambulances and shooting aid workers and desperate civilians trying to get food for themselves and their children is inexcusable," and said he has challenged the Netanyahu government to stop obstructing aid deliveries. His House policy page records opposition to expanding unrestricted arms funding to Israel. A June 30, 2026 press release announced a vote to block U.S. support for Israel's war in Lebanon.
He does not support ending U.S. aid to Israel. In a February 2025 KZYX interview he rejected activist calls to "block all funding to Israel," calling the internal Democratic fight over Israel aid "misplaced energy and activism" that hurt the party. Welcoming the January 2025 ceasefire, he said: "This war has gone on far too long, taking countless innocent Israeli and Palestinian lives."
Earlier record: in January 2017 he co-sponsored a two-state resolution and called West Bank settlement expansion an existential threat to a two-state solution, saying criticizing it is "anti-settlement, not anti-Israel."
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 5 tracked votes · Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
• Vote record imported from official House Clerk roll calls for H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, and H.R. 8369. Other position fields remain under investigation.
How this mark works
We track key votes on sending U.S. weapons and money to the government of Israel. A check means every tracked vote they cast came down against sending more, on the side of peace and de-escalation. A question mark means a mixed record: they sided with sending up to half of the time. An X means they voted to send more weapons and money in over half of their tracked votes, even as the way those weapons and dollars were being used became more and more obvious. At exactly half, money this election cycle from a lobbying group we track, or an endorsement from a group that backs sending weapons, makes it an X. Only votes actually cast are counted. Where a candidate has no recorded votes on these bills, the mark comes instead from a reviewed reading of their public record (money from the lobbying groups we track, endorsements, and their own words since January 26, 2024). There an X also covers fully backing the conduct of the war by the government of Israel without significant reservations, and a question mark also covers speaking about Israel without saying clearly where they stand on U.S. weapons and funding. A dash means No Position Found: we found nothing in their own words about Israel, Gaza or the war.
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Voted to send weapons or funding in some, but no more than half, of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 5 tracked votes.)
The money
Checked the five lobbying groups we track; no direct 2026 support found
In their words
Research log
The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- 2024-04-20 [Current position; date taken from the text itself; advocacy-tracker source, unverified]: Statement affirming support for funding Israel's defense and security needs while calling the operation against Hamas justified. Bought By Zionism tracker (undated page).
- 2025-02-08 [Current position; verified]: KZYX/Headline Humboldt interview: rejected calls to "block all funding to Israel"; said the internal Democratic fight over Israel aid undermined the party. KZYX.
- 2025-08-01 and undated [Current position]: House policy page records opposition to efforts to expand unrestricted arms funding to Israel; burden on the Israeli government to stop the civilian death toll. Policy page; Aug 1 release.
- 2026-02-25 [Current position; verified]: Co-sponsored the Ceasefire Compliance Act (Casten): bans use of U.S.-origin weapons in Gaza and the West Bank on ceasefire violation, West Bank annexation, or failure to combat settler violence; end-use monitoring; exempts Iron Dome, David's Sling, Arrow 3. Quotes: "U.S. weapons should never be used in ways that contribute to civilian deaths, forced displacement, or obstruction of lifesaving aid anywhere"; "these guardrails are not optional," calling them a moral and legal imperative. Lost Coast Outpost. Note: the phrase "catastrophic civilian suffering and deepening starvation", which an initial search attached to Aug 1, 2025, sits in this Feb 2026 statement.
- 2026-06-30 [Current position; confirmed 2026-08-11]: Voted for the Lebanon War Powers Resolution (H.Con.Res.108), saying he opposes Israel's war in Lebanon and wants the U.S. military to have nothing to do with it, and that the resolution blocks U.S. military entanglement in that war while preserving the troops protecting the U.S. embassy. Release; also listed on his policy page.
- 2026-07-15 [Current position; source did not open]: Statement on a foreign military assistance amendment; per an initial search he said he supports its central message and has opposed the Israeli government's policies of aggression and territorial expansion, in the context of a "present" vote. Only source is a Facebook post that would not open; no usable link, not used on the card.
- Recorded key votes (H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, H.R. 8369, H.R. 7217, NDAA FY26 missile-defense amendment) are badges and are not restated here.
Characterization of the conflict
- October 2023 [Months after October 7, 2023; month-only date taken from the text itself]: Condemned the October 7 attacks as terrorism; acknowledged Israel's right to defend itself. Policy page (undated); Reverse Canary Mission tracker (published 2024-01-15).
- 2025-01-16 [Current position; verified]: Welcomed the multi-phase ceasefire; had called for a ceasefire for months: "This war has gone on far too long, taking countless innocent Israeli and Palestinian lives." Release.
- 2025-03-30 [Current position]: Eureka town hall; called Gaza a humanitarian crisis; took constituent questions on the Netanyahu government. Lost Coast Outpost.
- 2025-08-01 [Current position; verified]: "Starving children, blocking medical supplies, shelling ambulances and shooting aid workers and desperate civilians trying to get food for themselves and their children is inexcusable"; "The humanitarian crisis in Gaza must end now"; "dismayed and frankly disgusted by the failure of our government, and the Israeli government, to show moral clarity." Condemned Hamas's terrorism in the same statement. Release.
- 2025-09-02 [Current position; date taken from the text itself; source page undated]: Constituent letter calling Gaza a "terrible, complex, and evolving situation"; called for permanent ceasefire, release of all hostages, disarming of Hamas, end to bombardment and occupation. Crescent City Times.
- 2026-06-30 [Current position]: Statement on regional escalation and unauthorized U.S. military involvement; see the Lebanon vote item above.
Rhetoric and lobbying
- 2017-01-05 [Earlier record]: Co-sponsored a two-state resolution and opposed H.Res. 11 criticizing the UN Security Council; called settlement expansion an "existential threat to the viability of a two-state solution"; criticizing it is "anti-settlement, not anti-Israel." Release.
- April 2023 / July 2026 [source did not open]: Criticized House resolutions on Israel's 75th anniversary that omitted two-state support or praised the Israeli government without noting democratic-norms and settlement concerns. Only source is the status-400 Facebook post; not used on the card.
- 2025-02-08 [Current position; verified]: Called the internal party fight over Israel aid "misplaced energy and activism." KZYX.
- 2025-03-30 [Current position]: Town hall; defended his record of criticizing Netanyahu while opposing a complete severance of ties. Lost Coast Outpost.
Safety and antisemitism (context, not a weapons or funding position)
- 2022-03-23 [Earlier record]: At a Congregation Rodef Sholom rally, said confronting public expressions of antisemitism is "one of the most powerful ways we can push back against the ancient scourge of antisemitism and other forms of hatred." House in-the-news.
- 2023-11-03 [Months after October 7, 2023]: "I stand firmly and unequivocally against antisemitism in all its forms and locations." Newsletter.
- 2025-05-22 [Current position]: After the Capital Jewish Museum shooting: "Antisemitism has no place in our country, and we need to take action to put an end to this vile hate as violence worsens both at home and around the globe." Release.
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