LaMonica McIver
McIver co-sponsored the Block the Bombs Act, which would restrict transfers of certain U.S. weapons to Israel, and signed a letter of 125 Democrats urging American leadership to feed Palestinian civilians.
McIver has represented New Jersey's 10th District since 2024.
Her position is expressed through legislation and letters rather than through statements of her own, and it puts her among the minority of New Jersey's delegation on this question. In June 2026 she co-sponsored the Block the Bombs Act, which would restrict and prohibit the transfer of certain U.S. defence articles, weapons and services to Israel.
In November 2025 she was one of 125 Democrats signing a letter to the Secretary of State calling for robust American leadership to feed Palestinian civilians. Her name appears in the signatory list, confirmed. In June 2026 she was among 62 members demanding that Israel stop blocking access to treatment for Palestinians with cancer.
Before Congress, as Newark City Council President, she spoke at a February 2024 rally for a ceasefire resolution and told NJ Spotlight News that the turmoil in Israel and Gaza is wrong, adding that in Newark they stand with and pray for families on every side who have lost loved ones. We could not open either page, so this is summarised rather than quoted.
In May 2025 she took part in a roundtable with local rabbis on community safety, antisemitism and federal security funding for Jewish institutions.
Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card. She has made no located statement of her own explaining any of this, which is why the card rests on the actions.
Tracked votes: opposed sending U.S. weapons or funding to the government of Israel in 1 of 2 recorded votes.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- [Position, 2026-06, reported] Co-sponsored the Block the Bombs Act, restricting and prohibiting transfers of certain U.S. defence articles, weapons and services to Israel (BillTrack50, her legislator page, her Clerk of the House entry). Co-sponsorship not independently confirmed against the Congressional record; the bill is the same one pa12-lee helped introduce.
- **No statement of her own located** explaining her position on U.S. weapons or funding, and none on conditioning. Her position on this record is expressed entirely through co-sponsorship and multi-member letters.
- Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- [Position, 2025-11-07] One of 125 Democrats signing a letter to the Secretary of State calling for robust American leadership to feed Palestinian civilians facing famine and medical crises in Gaza (Rep. Amo's release, cited twice). **Opened, and her name confirmed in the signatory list.** The letter's wording is the group's, so no individual quote is drawn from it, and the source is another member's page because he led it.
- [Position, 2026-06-11] Among 62 members demanding that Israel stop blocking access to treatment for Palestinians with cancer (DAWN). Opened; a group letter, so no individual quote.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2024-02-07, reported] As Newark City Council President, at a rally calling for a ceasefire resolution, told NJ Spotlight News that the turmoil in Israel and Gaza is wrong and that in Newark they stand with and pray for families on every side who have lost loved ones and are traumatised daily by what the world is watching (Patch coverage of the rally). Dated 2024-02-07, which is position band. The research attributes the quotation to NJ Spotlight News while supplying a Patch article; **neither was opened**, so it is recorded as reported.
- [Position, 2025-11-07] The 125-Democrat letter recalls Hamas's "brutal attack on Israel on October 7" alongside its call on humanitarian aid. Group wording.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- No statement located on pro-Israel advocacy organisations. ⚠ The research returned an advocacy newsletter; consulted, never a card source (C3), and no claim about her is drawn from it.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- [Position, 2025-05-20, reported] Took part in a roundtable with MetroWest-area rabbis at Congregation Anshe Chesed on community safety, antisemitism and federal security funding for armed guards at Jewish institutions (the congregation's news page, cited twice; not readable). Safety context, never an answer about U.S. weapons or funding.
- [Undated] A letter led by Reps. Gottheimer and Moskowitz urging increased funding to protect the Jewish community. Another member's page for a group letter.
- [Position, 2026-03] Joined the New Jersey delegation letter after a swastika was found at a Coast Guard base (the letter PDF, hosted on Rep. Pallone's site). Group letter; see nj6-pallone, who led it.
Note on the shape of this record
- **Every substantive item is a co-sponsorship or a multi-member letter**, and four of her twelve sources are other members' pages or a congregation's news page. She has no located statement of her own on U.S. weapons or funding, which is unusual for a member whose actions place her clearly on one side of the question. Her one quotation predates her time in Congress and its source was not opened.
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