But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check

Lois Frankel

Democrat · U.S. House, Florida District 23
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes

Frankel says she supports continued security assistance to the government of Israel. Asked how she would respond to efforts to condition or reduce it, she answered that the assistance is already governed by American law and that funding after the current agreement should follow security needs.

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Deep Dive

Lois Frankel has been in the House since 2013 and is the lead Democrat on the Appropriations subcommittee for National Security, the Department of State and Related Programs, which writes the annual foreign aid bill. Her office has described that panel as the one that provides the bulk of funding for U.S. security assistance to Israel. After Florida redrew its congressional map she moved from the 22nd District to the 23rd, which now sits entirely in Palm Beach County. She won the Democratic primary on August 18, 2026 with 74.8 percent and faces Deborah Adeimy on November 3.

Her fullest answer to the question this site asks is the one she gave the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, a charitable and community organization that put the same three questions to every candidate on the August primary ballot and published the answers unedited. Asked whether she supports current levels of United States military and diplomatic aid and how she would respond to efforts to condition or reduce it, she wrote that she has “consistently supported Israel’s security, including the Memorandum of Understanding negotiated under President Obama”, that “U.S. security assistance is already governed by American law, including the Arms Export Control Act and the Leahy Laws”, and that “as we look beyond the current Memorandum of Understanding, future funding should be based on the security needs of the United States, Israel, and the broader region”. She added that she supports “humanitarian assistance for civilians in Gaza, provided it is protected from diversion by Hamas”. The agreement she is talking about was signed in 2016 and runs to 2028; the successor being discussed would run to 2048 and move part of the money into joint United States and Israeli research and development rather than direct military aid, as Jewish Insider, a Washington news organization covering politics and the Jewish community, reported in November 2025.

On her official issues page she puts it more simply: “I support continued security assistance to Israel and robust funding for Israel’s missile defense capabilities”, written in her capacity as the lead Democrat on the subcommittee. Her dated statements say the same. In May 2024, after a vote on a measure to send aid, she said “we must now stand by our commitment to Israel and continue to send the vital assistance Congress has promised”. After the Israeli prime minister addressed Congress that July she said “Israel must have the arms she needs to defend herself”. Welcoming the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in November 2024 she said “the United States must continue to ensure Israel has the weapons necessary to defend herself”. And on July 1, 2026, as the House prepared to vote on an amendment stripping foreign military financing for the government of Israel out of the State Department funding bill, she told MS NOW, a national news organization, that she opposed it, and that “If you’re going to recalibrate our relationship with any foreign country, it shouldn’t be done just with an amendment in an appropriations bill”. She said such a change would need a long conversation bringing in many different people. The bill she led through the House the previous January supports the alliance and also funds humanitarian assistance and Middle East peace programmes.

She pairs that support with money for Palestinians. When the first hostage-release and ceasefire agreement was reached in January 2025 she listed the unfinished work as “ensuring Israel’s security, providing humanitarian relief to Palestinians, defeating Hamas”. On the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks she said Congress must keep pressing “for lifesaving aid to reach civilians in Gaza, and for this devastating war to finally end”. Welcoming the White House proposal to end the war in September 2025, she said the war had “resulted in unimaginable violence and suffering for innocent Israelis and Palestinians alike” and that the decision now rested with Hamas. Her work on antisemitism, her campaign platform, her record before October 2023 and her statements from the weeks after the attacks are on her research page.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes · Backs 0 of 1 tracked bills to restrict weapons transfers

Committees

House Committee on Appropriations

Floor votes
H.R. 6126 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act2023-11-02 · Passed 226-196
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 7217 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-02-06 · Failed 250-180 (needed 2/3 under suspension)
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 8034 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-04-20 · Passed 366-58
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 8369 - Israel Security Assistance Support Act2024-05-16 · Passed 224-187
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 8595 - Massie amendment (Part A No. 8) to bar FY27 funds for Israel and cut $3.3B in Foreign Military Financing2026-07-15 · Failed 104-314
✗ Voted No
voted against limiting it
H.Amdt. 55 to H.R. 4016 - strike $500M for Israeli Cooperative Programs2025-07-18 · Failed 6-422 (only 6 voted to cut)
✗ Voted No
voted against limiting it
Bill sponsorship
H.R. 3565 - Block the Bombs ActWould bar transfer of 2,000-lb/BLU-109 bunker busters, JDAMs, 120mm tank rounds, and 155mm artillery shells to Israel. Does not affect Iron
Not sponsoringhas not backed this restriction bill
H.R. 1229 - United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025Formalizes/expands bilateral defense cooperation with Israel.
Co-sponsorbacks this bill to send more support
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 more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes.)

The money

$33K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $25,250 · DMFI: $8,015
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$25,250The American Israel Public Affairs Committee; its PAC backs candidates it sees as strengthening U.S. ties with the government of Israel, including continued U.S. military aid.DMFI PAC$8,015Democratic Majority for Israel's PAC; calls itself the home for pro-Israel Democrats and backs Democratic candidates who support a strong U.S. alliance with the government of Israel.Direct contributions and independent expenditures supporting this candidate from the five lobbying groups we track, every cycle each has filed, through 2026. Excludes earmarked and conduit contributions.
Endorsed by AIPAC +1 more
AIPACThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee; its PAC backs candidates it sees as strengthening U.S. ties with the government of Israel, including continued U.S. military aid.DMFI PACDemocratic Majority for Israel's PAC; calls itself the home for pro-Israel Democrats and backs Democratic candidates who support a strong U.S. alliance with the government of Israel.These endorsements come from groups that back sending U.S. weapons and funding to the government of Israel.

In their words

“Israel is an important democratic ally of the United States in one of the world’s most dangerous regions. I have consistently supported Israel’s security, including the Memorandum of Understanding negotiated under President Obama. U.S. security assistance is already governed by American law, including the Arms Export Control Act and the Leahy Laws. As we look beyond the current Memorandum of Understanding, future funding should be based on the security needs of the United States, Israel, and the broader region. I also support humanitarian assistance for civilians in Gaza, provided it is protected from diversion by Hamas, and with development assistance when conditions allow. One of our goals should be a future in which Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in peace, security, prosperity, freedom, and dignity.”
Source ↗, 2026-08-17
“I support continued security assistance to Israel and robust funding for Israel’s missile defense capabilities.”
Source ↗, 2026-09-08
“If you’re going to recalibrate our relationship with any foreign country, it shouldn’t be done just with an amendment in an appropriations bill”
Source ↗, 2026-07-01
“I thank President Biden and my colleagues in Congress for the ongoing bipartisan support of Israel’s security; we must now stand by our commitment to Israel and continue to send the vital assistance Congress has promised. Israel’s security is our security.”
Source ↗, 2024-05-16
“The security of Israel is paramount to our security, and it is critical that we are steadfast in our ironclad partnership. Israel must have the arms she needs to defend herself, and now more than ever, it is essential that a deal is reached to release all the hostages--including eight Americans--secure a ceasefire, and bring lasting peace to the region.”
Source ↗, 2024-07-24
“For this to become a reality, the United States must continue to ensure Israel has the weapons necessary to defend herself and address Iranian-backed threats.”
Source ↗, 2024-11-26
“We are steadfast in our commitment to bringing every hostage home, ensuring Israel’s security, providing humanitarian relief to Palestinians, defeating Hamas, and building a lasting foundation for peace in the Middle East.”
Source ↗, 2025-01-15
“On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a war on Israel with a horrific attack. This has resulted in unimaginable violence and suffering for innocent Israelis and Palestinians alike. With that said, I welcome the President’s proposal to finally bring this war to an end.”
Source ↗, 2025-09-30
Endorsements

AIPAC (2026 endorsement) · DMFI PAC (2026 endorsement)

Research log

The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.

Every page listed below was opened and read on 2026-09-08 unless the entry says otherwise. Her congressional press-release archive was read for 2021 through 2026, including everything filed under her office’s own National Security and Foreign Policy and Israel and Antisemitism headings, and the month-by-month listings for October 2023 to January 2024. Bands: Position (2024-01-26 onward), Reaction window (2023-10-07 to 2024-01-25), Earlier record (before 2023-10-07), Undated. Her recorded House votes and the tracked funding on this record are shown as badges on the card and are not restated here.

U.S. military aid and weapons to the government of Israel

  • [Position, page last updated 2026-08-17; read 2026-09-08] The 2026 nonpartisan primary voter guide published by the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, a charitable and community organization for Jewish life in that part of the county. The guide says every candidate on the primary ballot was offered the same three questions and that answers are published “exactly as submitted and have not been edited, fact-checked, or modified”. Under her own heading, Frankel is marked View Response and answers all three. Her answer to the first question, on whether she supports current levels of U.S. military and diplomatic aid to Israel and how she would respond to efforts to condition or reduce that aid, reads in full: “Israel is an important democratic ally of the United States in one of the world’s most dangerous regions. I have consistently supported Israel’s security, including the Memorandum of Understanding negotiated under President Obama. U.S. security assistance is already governed by American law, including the Arms Export Control Act and the Leahy Laws. As we look beyond the current Memorandum of Understanding, future funding should be based on the security needs of the United States, Israel, and the broader region. I also support humanitarian assistance for civilians in Gaza, provided it is protected from diversion by Hamas, and with development assistance when conditions allow. One of our goals should be a future in which Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in peace, security, prosperity, freedom, and dignity.” The responses carry no individual date; the page was published on July 14, 2026 and last updated on August 17, 2026, and that later date is used for the quote.
  • [Position, 2025-11-17] Context for the agreement she names: Jewish Insider on the memorandum of understanding and what may replace it. The current ten-year memorandum was signed in 2016 under President Obama, provides $3.8 billion a year in military aid and missile-defence funding, and expires in 2028; the replacement reportedly sought would run to 2048 and would put some of the money into joint United States and Israeli research and development rather than direct military aid. Jewish Insider is a Washington news organization covering politics and the Jewish community. Nothing in the article is a statement by Frankel; it is here because her answer turns on what follows that agreement.
  • [Position, read 2026-09-08] Her official issues page, headed Israel and Antisemitism, written in the first person and carrying no date, so it is recorded on the date we read it. On Israel it reads in full: “I will always stand by Israel, and I am committed to ensuring our ally has the resources and support needed to defend itself and maintain peace and security. In Congress, as Ranking Member of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee, I support continued security assistance to Israel and robust funding for Israel’s missile defense capabilities. Since Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, I have supported emergency aid to Israel as it works to dismantle Hamas and fight proxies on multiple fronts.” And: “I frequently meet with released hostages who were held in Gaza as well as their families, and will continue to speak out for the unconditional and immediate release of the remaining hostages.”
  • [Position, 2026-07-01] MS NOW, “Democrats weigh a harder line on Israel — but struggle with the details”, by Jack Fitzpatrick. The report describes an amendment by Rep. Thomas Massie to strip foreign military financing for Israel out of the State Department funding bill, and records Frankel as opposing it. Quoted: “For a lot of people, it was just the process, and then others are very emotional about the whole thing. So I don’t know, I can’t psychoanalyze everybody, and we didn’t take a vote. I have no idea how people are voting.” Then, in two quotations printed either side of “Frankel said” and not joined here: “If you’re going to recalibrate our relationship with any foreign country, it shouldn’t be done just with an amendment in an appropriations bill,” and “It has to be a very, I think, good, extensive conversation that would bring in a lot of different people.” The sentence introducing them, that she “agreed that Massie’s amendment was the wrong venue for the debate over Israel”, is the reporter’s. Mondoweiss reproduced the same quotation the same month.
  • [Position, 2026-01-14] Her release on House passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Security and Department of State funding bill, which she led as ranking member. Her words: “At a time of global uncertainty, it is critical that we face the world with a unified front. This bipartisan bill puts American leadership front and center. The legislation invests in diplomacy, development, and humanitarian assistance to keep our country safer, more secure, and more prosperous.” The release lists what the bill does, including: “Supports our strategic alliances with Israel, Jordan, and Taiwan”; “Funds efforts to secure a lasting peace in the Middle East, including for the Nita Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Fund and the implementation of the Abraham Accords”; “Protects humanitarian assistance to respond to natural disasters and conflict”; and funding to fight antisemitism and Holocaust denial worldwide.
  • [Position, 2024-11-26] Her statement on the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah: “For this to become a reality, the United States must continue to ensure Israel has the weapons necessary to defend herself and address Iranian-backed threats.” The card quotes the first part of that sentence. The reference to Iran is a separate question from what the United States sends to the government of Israel, and the sentence is recorded here in full.
  • [Position, 2024-07-24] Her statement after attending the Israeli prime minister’s address to Congress: “Make no mistake, Israel and the Jewish people are under multiple threats. As Hamas’s brutal war continues and the menace of Iran and its other proxies persist, so does the explosion of antisemitism around the world.” And: “The security of Israel is paramount to our security, and it is critical that we are steadfast in our ironclad partnership. Israel must have the arms she needs to defend herself, and now more than ever, it is essential that a deal is reached to release all the hostages--including eight Americans--secure a ceasefire, and bring lasting peace to the region.” The double hyphens are the release’s own.
  • [Position, 2024-05-16] Her statement after voting for a House measure to send aid to the government of Israel: “From Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran and its other proxies, Israel continues to face threats to her very existence. I thank President Biden and my colleagues in Congress for the ongoing bipartisan support of Israel’s security; we must now stand by our commitment to Israel and continue to send the vital assistance Congress has promised. Israel’s security is our security.” The release names the measure as the Israel Security Assistance Support Act.
  • [Position, 2024-04-14] Her release urging the Speaker to bring the Senate-passed supplemental to the floor, which the release says included $14.1 billion for Israel. Her words: “The U.S.-Israel relationship is ironclad. As President Biden has said, the United States will stand with Israel and support their defense against Iranian attacks. Iran’s attacks underscore the urgent need to pass vital supplemental security assistance to Israel immediately. I join my colleagues in urging Speaker Johnson to bring the Senate’s package to the floor on Monday.”
  • [Earlier record, 2023-07-19] Her statement after the Israeli president’s address to Congress. The release records that she voted that week for a bipartisan resolution expressing support for the State of Israel, and states: “Frankel serves as a member of the State Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, which provides the bulk of funding for U.S. security assistance to Israel.”
  • [Earlier record, 2022-06-29] Her release on the Fiscal Year 2023 State and Foreign Operations funding bill: “Importantly, this funding bill is unabashedly pro-Israel. It provides funding needed to help keep our only democratic ally in an unstable region secure, recognizing that Israel’s security is our security.” The release lists the bill as fully funding “the $3.3 billion commitment for security assistance to Israel”, $50 million for the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act, $8 million for the Middle East Regional Cooperation Program, $5 million for refugee resettlement in Israel and $2 million for USAID-Israel development cooperation.
  • [Earlier record, 2021-09-23] Her statement after voting to replenish Iron Dome interceptors: “The Iron Dome is a life-saving missile defense system that protects innocent civilians from rocket attacks by terrorist groups who want to see Israel wiped from the map. Imagine what life would look like in Israel right now if the 4,000+ rockets fired at Israeli schools, parks, airports, and hospitals this summer hadn’t been intercepted by this remarkable system. Iron Dome saves lives, prevents war, and is in America’s national interest.” The release notes that the funding is consistent with the memorandum of understanding signed by the United States and Israel in 2016, and that the bill passed 420 to 9. Missile defence does not appear on card fronts on this site; it is recorded here and in the deep dive without prejudice.
  • [Reaction window, 2023-11-02] Her statement after voting for a package to send $14.3 billion in aid to Israel: “The United States has a moral duty and national security urgency to aid Israel in defending herself. Make no mistake, Hamas terrorists and others in the region are out to destroy Israel and kill all Jews. We must send an unequivocal message to the world that we stand with Israel.” Not on the card summary; recorded here with its date.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • [Position, page last updated 2026-08-17; read 2026-09-08] In the Jewish Federation questionnaire: “I also support humanitarian assistance for civilians in Gaza, provided it is protected from diversion by Hamas, and with development assistance when conditions allow.” That is the most specific thing she has said about American money for Palestinians.
  • [Position, 2025-10-07] Her statement marking two years since the October 7 attacks: “On this day of remembrance, we must continue pressing for the release of every hostage, for lifesaving aid to reach civilians in Gaza, and for this devastating war to finally end.” The same release records that she and Rep. Josh Gottheimer introduced a resolution which, in the release’s words, pledges to “address urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza”.
  • [Position, 2025-01-15] Her statement as Israel and Hamas reached the 42-day ceasefire and hostage agreement: “We are steadfast in our commitment to bringing every hostage home, ensuring Israel’s security, providing humanitarian relief to Palestinians, defeating Hamas, and building a lasting foundation for peace in the Middle East.”
  • [Position, 2026-01-14] The Fiscal Year 2026 bill she led protects humanitarian assistance and preserves international development funding, in the release’s own list of what it does. It does not name Gaza or UNRWA.
  • [Position, read 2026-09-08] Her campaign platform says she has been a leading voice “supporting assistance to Israel and innocent civilians in Gaza”. The page is quoted in full under related rhetoric below.
  • Nothing located from her, at any date, on UNRWA by name, or on restoring or withholding any specific Palestinian aid account.

Characterization of the conflict

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • [Position, read 2026-09-08] Her campaign site’s Support for Israel page reads: “Lois has been a consistent advocate for security assistance to help the Jewish state defend herself from the many threats in the region, especially after the horrific October 7th attack by Hamas. She has been a leading voice of condemning the use of sexual violence by Hamas, calling for the immediate release of hostages, and supporting assistance to Israel and innocent civilians in Gaza.” It continues: “Through her position on the Appropriations Subcommittee for State and Foreign Operations, Lois has helped advance America’s partnership with Israel in technology, medicine, humanitarian development, and defense.” And: “Lois has traveled to Israel, including with her son, a U.S. Marine veteran, where she saw first-hand the importance of a stable, pluralistic, secure, and democratic ally in the Middle East working towards a comprehensive two-state solution. Lois believes that Israel’s security is our security and Israel’s values are our values, and will continue to safeguard the critical bipartisan consensus on the U.S.-Israel relationship.” The page is written in the third person about her, so it is treated as the campaign’s published position rather than her own spoken words. It carries no date and is recorded on the date we read it. The punctuation of the final sentence is reproduced from a text copy of the page rather than from the page itself, because the site refuses a direct retrieval; the dash the page prints between “our values” and “and will continue” is rendered here as a comma. Her campaign issues page lists ten headings, of which Support for Israel is the fifth; the others are domestic.
  • [Position, 2026-08-13] WLRN, the South Florida public radio station, profiled the primary. Its own summary of her foreign policy is that on the Middle East she is a supporter of the state of Israel, having fought for “assistance to Israel and innocent civilians in Gaza”, which the report attributes to her campaign site; the adjective the report uses is its own and is not repeated here. On antisemitism at home the report says she stresses distinguishing between the actions of the Israeli government and the safety of the local community, and prints the words “Jewish people are not responsible for the actions of Netanyahu” inside its own sentence, introduced by the word emphasizing, rather than as a quotation she gave. It is recorded that way here. The report also says she wants to shift national budget priorities away from “endless wars” to fund her economic and health care aims; it does not say what she counts as an endless war, so nothing is drawn from it.
  • [Position, 2026-08-13] The same report records that she voted for House Resolution 488, which condemned an antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado and also expressed gratitude to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and that she defended the vote. Quoted: “I cannot vote no against a resolution that condemned a violent act... where Jews were peacefully... parading to bring hostages home and they were firebombed.” The ellipses are the outlet’s. That is a domestic immigration and antisemitism question rather than one about what the United States sends.
  • [Position, 2026-08-18] WLRN reported that she defeated Victoria Doyle and Mark Piper and would face Deborah Adeimy. The report carries nothing from her on this question.
  • The tracked pro-Israel committee money on this record is shown as a badge on the card and is not written into the prose.

Safety and antisemitism (context, not a position on what America sends)

  • [Position, page last updated 2026-08-17; read 2026-09-08] Her second and third answers in the Jewish Federation questionnaire set out what she would have Congress do about antisemitism: increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, strengthen enforcement of federal civil rights laws protecting students from discrimination based on shared ancestry, fully fund the State Department offices of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism and the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, fund the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Holocaust education, and advance the Protecting Students on Campus Act, the Antisemitism Awareness Act and the Jewish American Security Act. Her words: “No one should be targeted because of their faith or ethnicity, and every person deserves to worship, learn, work, and live free from hatred and violence.” And: “Protecting houses of worship and faith-based institutions from hate crimes and violence should be a core public safety responsibility.”
  • [Position, 2025-12-18] Her release introducing the Protecting Students on Campus Act with Reps. Don Bacon, Lucy McBath, Juan Ciscomani and Haley Stevens: “Antisemitism and hate are surging on college campuses and around the world, and the consequences are deadly. Students cannot learn if they do not feel safe.” The bill is endorsed by the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and the Jewish Federations of North America. The College Fix reported it on January 5, 2026.
  • [Position, 2026-06-11] Her release joining 29 colleagues to introduce the Jewish American Security Act: “As antisemitism continues to rise and threats against our community become more frequent, Congress and the Executive Branch must do more to protect Jewish communities, students, and institutions from violence and discrimination.”
  • [Position, 2024-05-01] Her statement after voting to update the Department of Education’s working definition of antisemitism: “We are currently witnessing one of the worst periods of widespread antisemitism in our country’s history, with the ongoing destructive campus protests nationwide as the latest example. Students can’t learn if they don’t feel safe.”
  • [Position, read 2026-09-08] Her official issues page records that she serves on the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, has advocated on the Appropriations Committee for security funding for synagogues and other places of worship, and has cosponsored the Antisemitism Awareness Act and the Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons Act.
  • [Earlier record, 2023-08-28] A Jewish Insider report, republished on a colleague’s site, on a bipartisan letter to the Education Secretary about backlogged campus antisemitism investigations. Frankel is one of 78 House signers listed. Collective wording; nothing is attributed to her alone. The Jewish Insider page itself was not reached; the republished copy carries the signer list.
  • [Reaction window, 2023-12-13] Her statement after voting for a resolution condemning antisemitism on college campuses. Not on the card summary; recorded here with its date.

The race

  • [Read 2026-09-08] Ballotpedia: “Incumbent Lois Frankel and Deborah Adeimy are running in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 23 on November 3, 2026.” Frankel took 74.8 percent against Victoria Doyle and Mark Piper in the Democratic primary on August 18, 2026; Adeimy took 73.7 percent against Paola Branda in the Republican primary the same day.

Not on the card, and why

  • Her statements from October 2023 to January 2024, including the November 2, 2023 statement on the aid package, the October 7, 2023 statement on the attack, the December 13, 2023 campus resolution and the January 16, 2024 resolution on sexual violence: they fall in the weeks this site records here rather than on cards. Each is set out above with its date.
  • The missile defence half of her position, including the Iron Dome release and the phrase about missile defense capabilities on her issues page: this site keeps missile defence off card fronts. It is quoted above and in the deep dive.
  • Her statements about Iran, including her June 22, 2025 statement on the strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, her February 28, 2026 statement on further strikes and her March 2026 position that a war with Iran requires a vote of Congress, together with the Iran clauses inside her April 2024, July 2024 and November 2024 statements: Iran is a different question from what the United States sends to the government of Israel. Those clauses are quoted in full above.
  • The antisemitism material: context, and it does not answer what the United States sends.
  • The WLRN characterization of her as a supporter of the state of Israel: a reporter’s description rather than her words, and her own statements say what she supports in her own words.
  • Her opponents’ arguments about her, including the campaign-finance criticism reported by WLRN: another candidate’s words belong on that candidate’s card.
  • The Florida Politics report of the general election match-up and a corporate news aggregator page: neither opened.

Sources retrieved for this card (address; opened or could not open; date)

  • https://frankel.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=14904 (opened; 2026-09-08; undated live page)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27 (opened; 2026-09-08; press-release listings for 2021 to 2026 and for October 2023 to January 2024, read in full)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3338 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2021-09-23)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3406 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2022-02-02)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3498 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2022-06-29)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3648 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2023-07-19)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3651 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2023-10-07)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3655 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2023-11-02)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3656 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2023-12-13)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3662 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2024-01-16)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3697 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2024-04-14)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3708 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2024-05-01)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3710 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2024-05-16)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3744 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2024-07-24)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3762 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2024-11-26)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3770 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-01-15)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3774 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-01-25)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4877 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-06-22; Iran, out of scope)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4970 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-02-28; Iran, out of scope)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4973 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-03-05; Iran, out of scope)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4887 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-07-15)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4892 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-07-23)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4894 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-07-23)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4913 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-09-30)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4918 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-10-07)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4919 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-10-09)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4920 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-10-13)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4941 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-12-17)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4943 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-12-18)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4952 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-01-14)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5004 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-04-24)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5005 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-04-28)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5010 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-05-14)
  • https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5016 (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-06-11)
  • https://jewishboca.org/2026-election-resources/ (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-07-14, last updated 2026-08-17)
  • https://jewishinsider.com/2025/11/israel-u-s-memorandum-of-understanding-foreign-aid/ (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-11-17)
  • https://www.ms.now/news/democrats-weigh-harder-line-israel-massie (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-07-01)
  • https://mondoweiss.net/2026/07/how-congress-manipulates-its-own-rules-to-make-sure-israel-still-gets-its-weapons/ (opened; 2026-09-08; published July 2026)
  • https://loisfrankelforcongress.com/israel/ (could not open directly; its text was read another way; 2026-09-08)
  • https://loisfrankelforcongress.com/issues/ (could not open directly; its text was read another way; 2026-09-08)
  • https://www.wlrn.org/government-politics/2026-08-13/in-redrawn-fl-23-incumbent-rep-lois-frankel-battles-political-outsider-victoria-doyle (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-08-13)
  • https://www.wlrn.org/government-politics/2026-08-18/lois-frankel-wins-victoria-doyle-florida-23-primary (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-08-18)
  • https://www.jns.org/u.s.-news/jewish-house-democrat-endorses-trump-middle-east-peace-plan (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-10-01)
  • https://www.ajc.org/news/ajc-welcomes-house-of-representatives-condemnation-of-hamas-use-of-sexual-violence (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2024-02-14)
  • https://www.fddaction.org/press-release/2025/10/07/fdd-action-commemorates-second-anniversary-of-october-7-massacre-joins-press-conference-backing-bipartisan-legislation/ (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2025-10-07)
  • https://www.thecollegefix.com/two-house-bills-against-campus-antisemitism-draw-bipartisan-praise/ (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-01-05)
  • https://scottpeters.com/in-the-news/https-jewishinsider-com-2023-08-department-of-education-congress-antisemitism-college-campuses/ (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2023-08-28)
  • https://ballotpedia.org/Florida%27s_23rd_Congressional_District_election,_2026 (opened; 2026-09-08)
  • https://floridapolitics.com/archives/814105-lois-frankel-to-face-republican-challenger-deborah-adeimy-for-control-of-new-cd-23-seat/ (could not open; 2026-09-08)
  • https://www.publicnow.com/view/BFB7B5FFB0024D92E93CE017EA836FDDFD8FDA14 (could not open; 2026-09-08)
  • This is a record of what was checked on 2026-09-08, not a claim that no other statement exists.

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