But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Ed Case
- Backed with $20K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC
- Sits on House Appropriations
Case voted for the April 2024 package and against every amendment to cut aid to Israel, and won a 2026 primary fought over that record, saying: "I definitely did disagree with Israel’s response to the attack on Israel" while calling himself "a straight-up opponent of the current leadership of Israel".
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Deep Dive
Case represents Hawaii’s 1st District (urban Honolulu) and is the sitting member.
His recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card: against the November 2023 standalone bill and its February successor, for the April 2024 package, against the May 2024 shipment-release bill, and against both amendments to cut aid to Israel, including the July 2026 Massie amendment that nearly half of House Democrats supported; Newsweek’s roll of Democrats voting no lists him.
That record became the axis of his August 2026 primary against a challenger who said he would have voted for the aid ban. Case defended his votes while separating them from Israel’s government: "I definitely did disagree with Israel’s response to the attack on Israel — the severity, the disproportionality, the incredible tragedy of so many civilian deaths," he told Hawaii News Now, adding "I am a straight-up opponent of the current leadership of Israel." He won the primary.
Nothing located has him addressing U.S. humanitarian aid for Palestinians as a distinct funding question in the position band.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 6 tracked votes · Backs 0 of 1 tracked bills to restrict weapons transfers
House Committee on Appropriations
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 exactly half of their recorded tracked votes. The tie is broken by an endorsement from a group that backs sending weapons. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 6 tracked votes.)
The money
$20K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
AIPAC (2026 endorsement)
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
- His recorded votes appear as badges on this card and split as the front states; the grounding for each sits in the record section.
- [Position, 2026-07-15] His No on the Massie amendment, with Jewish Insider’s coverage of the vote and Newsweek’s list naming him. Both retrieved.
- [Position, 2026-08-08] His primary-campaign defense, per The Times of Israel, verified: both quotes on the card, relayed from Hawaii News Now. The challenger’s would-have-voted-for-the-ban position is in the same piece.
- [Reported, uncorroborated] A February 2024 co-introduction of the Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act rides on another member’s release; not separately verified, and his vote badges carry the substance.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located as a distinct funding question in the position band; the April 2024 package he supported carried humanitarian assistance per contemporaneous coverage.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Prior, 2023-07-17] A joint House Democratic statement he signed affirming Israel as the legitimate homeland of the Jewish people, per our research. Prior band.
- His 2026 leadership-versus-country distinction is quoted on the card.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Race context, 2026-08] The Times of Israel’s primary preview and The Guardian’s result piece. Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- Newsweek’s Antisemitism Awareness Act roll-call coverage appears in the research record; his position there is a recorded vote outside what this site tracks, noted without adoption.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, renominated in the August 8, 2026 primary. His general-election opponents’ cards carry their own records.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Adriel C. Lam (Republican)
- –No Position Found Jordan S. Conley (Green)
- –No Position Found Nathan M. Berning (Other)
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