But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Ronny Jackson
- Backed with $30K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC
- Sits on House Armed Services
Jackson introduced the U.S.-Israel FUTURES Act in 2026 to expand joint military research and co-production. He also moved to end U.S. funding for UNRWA permanently, the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees.
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Deep Dive
Jackson represents Texas’s 13th District, is Republican co-chair of the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus, and is running for re-election.
Both directions of the money question are on his record and both are bills he wrote. In February 2026 he introduced the United States-Israel Framework for Upgraded Technologies, Unified Research, and Enhanced Security Act, creating a bilateral Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative to accelerate joint research, development and co-production of military technologies. At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in June 2026 he defended expanded U.S. and Israeli defence industrial cooperation, calling criticism of the partnership "complete misinformation".
In February 2024 he introduced legislation to permanently end U.S. taxpayer funding to UNRWA, describing the agency as an "anti-Israel, anti-Jewish organization that promotes terrorism and anti-Semitism".
So he wants more U.S. money going into joint defence work with Israel and no U.S. money going to the U.N. agency that serves Palestinian refugees. The card names both recipients.
His earlier statements are in the same direction and predate October 2023: in May 2021 he said on the House floor that "Congress MUST continue its support for U.S. aid to Israel", and in September 2021 he backed reliable transfers of defence articles and criticized pausing Iron Dome funding, calling the alliance "non-negotiable". In 2022 he co-introduced a bill barring Defense Department funds from reaching Iran-backed groups.
Much of his remaining record is opposition to the international courts over Gaza, which is characterization rather than a position on U.S. aid. His recorded votes and his funding from a pro-Israel committee are shown separately on this card.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Foreign Affairs
• 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 more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes.)
The money
$30K 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
- 2026-02-12 [Current position]: He introduced the U.S.-Israel FUTURES Act of 2026, establishing a bilateral Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative to accelerate joint research, development and co-production of military technologies. Not opened.
- 2026-06-04 [Current position]: At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing he defended expanded U.S. and Israeli defence industrial cooperation, rejecting criticism of the partnership as "complete misinformation".
- 2026-08-06 [Current position; context]: Time on U.S. and Israeli military funding in the defence bill.
- 2021-05-20 [Earlier record]: On the House floor: "Congress MUST continue its support for U.S. aid to Israel", arguing U.S.-supplied defence systems are essential to protecting Israeli civilians from rocket attacks (his release).
- 2021-09-23 [Earlier record]: He backed an FY22 NDAA amendment recognising Israel as a critical defence partner, advocated reliable transfers of defence articles and criticized efforts to pause Iron Dome funding (his release).
- 2022-03-31 [Earlier record]: He co-introduced the Keeping Israel Safe from Iranian Proxies Act, barring Defense Department funds from going directly or indirectly to Iran-backed entities (his release, listed twice).
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- 2024-02-01 [Current position]: He introduced legislation to permanently end U.S. taxpayer funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, calling UNRWA an "anti-Israel, anti-Jewish organization that promotes terrorism and anti-Semitism". Direction unambiguous: no U.S. money to the agency serving Palestinian refugees. Not opened.
- 2025-12 [Current position]: At a committee hearing he scrutinised a Palestinian Authority welfare programme, questioning whether it functioned as a continuation of the "Martyrs Fund".
Characterization of the conflict
- 2021-05-20 [Earlier record]: He said there is "NO moral equivalence" between Israel and Hamas.
- 2023-11-14 [Months after October 7, 2023; on this page only]: At a Foreign Affairs Committee hearing he defended Israel's operations in Gaza and accused Hamas of a "CNN strategy" of using civilian casualties to undermine support for Israel.
- 2024-03-01 [Current position]: He introduced a resolution condemning the International Court of Justice and South Africa over genocide claims against Israel, saying South Africa fell for "terrorist propaganda" and that Hamas should be tried instead. He also called the ICJ an "antisemitic, globalist organization".
- 2025-01-15 [Current position]: He called the International Criminal Court "corrupt" for issuing arrest warrants against Israeli officials.
Rhetoric and lobbying
- 2021-09-23 [Earlier record]: He described the alliance as "non-negotiable".
- 2022-03-31 [Earlier record]: He characterized Iran-backed groups as an "existential threat" to Israel and "western values".
- 2025-01-21 [Current position]: On being named Republican co-chair of the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus he pledged to defend Israel's standing against international bodies and hostile nations, listed twice.
Safety and antisemitism
[Context only, never the answer to what America sends. Note that his UNRWA bill is recorded above as an aid position, which is what it is, rather than here.]
- 2024-03-01 and 2025-01-21 [Current position]: The ICJ description and his pledge to work against "antisemitic countries who seek to weaken Israel's standing".
What came back empty or unusable
- Five of fourteen sources are YouTube urls with no retrievable text, and three are duplicates.
- Neither card-leading bill statement was opened; both are his own House permalinks.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Mark Nair (Democrat)
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