But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Greg Casar
Casar backed the House measure to cut $3.3 billion in military financing to Israel, saying "Americans should not be financing more weapons for Netanyahu". In 2024 he co-led a letter urging suspension of offensive weapons transfers.
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Deep Dive
Casar currently represents Texas’s 35th District and is running in the redrawn 37th. His position has moved further over four years than almost any other candidate among the candidates on this site, and the movement is documented at each step.
In January 2022, before his first term, he wrote to an Austin rabbi that he supported continued federal funding for Israel’s self-defense while opposing U.S. assistance being used to facilitate occupation or human rights violations. By September 26, 2024 he was arguing the United States must use its leverage, "including withholding offensive weapons to the Israeli military", to stop the bombardment of Gaza and prevent wider war. That December he co-led a letter with Rep. Summer Lee and 18 colleagues urging the administration to suspend offensive military transfers, citing U.S. law on humanitarian access.
On June 29, 2026 he declared support for eliminating $3.3 billion in direct Foreign Military Financing: "The Israeli government committed war crimes in Gaza and helped drag America into war with Iran. Americans should not be financing more weapons for Netanyahu." He restated the position in a video address on July 15, 2026.
His recorded votes on the tracked bills are shown separately on this card.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 1 of 6 tracked votes · Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
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 1 of 6 tracked votes.)
The money
Checked the five lobbying groups we track; no direct 2026 support found
In their words
Peace Action (2026 endorsement) · A New Policy PAC (2026 endorsement) · Track 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
- 2022-01-09 [Earlier record]: In a position statement to Austin Rabbi Alan Freedman before his first term he supported continued federal funding for Israel’s self-defense while opposing U.S. assistance facilitating occupation or human rights violations. Reported in Jewish Insider.
- 2024-09-26 [Current position]: Official statement that the U.S. must use its leverage "including withholding offensive weapons to the Israeli military" to prevent wider conflict and stop the bombardment of Gaza.
- 2024-12-17 [Current position]: Co-led a letter with Rep. Summer Lee and 18 other members urging the administration to adhere to U.S. law by suspending offensive military transfers to the Israeli government over humanitarian aid access restrictions. Also covered by the Palestine Chronicle and TRT.
- 2026-06-29 [Current position]: Declared support for the House measure eliminating $3.3 billion in direct Foreign Military Financing: "The Israeli government committed war crimes in Gaza and helped drag America into war with Iran. Americans should not be financing more weapons for Netanyahu." Reported by Common Dreams and ABNA.
- 2026-07-15 [Current position]: Restated the position in a video address.
Characterization of the conflict
- 2023-10-17 [Months after October 7, 2023; on this page only]: Among members calling for a ceasefire in a joint statement with Reps. Jayapal, Lee, McGovern, Castro, Escobar and Garcia; also his own release.
- 2025-05 [Current position]: A Progressive Caucus statement on the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers. Caucus rather than personal.
Rhetoric and lobbying
- Undated: A Democratic Majority for Israel piece and local commentary on pushback he has faced. About him, not by him.
- Two Facebook posts, by the Wall Street Journal and Robert Reich, are other parties’ posts and evidence nothing he said.
What came back empty or unusable
- No statement located on U.S. aid to Palestinians or UNRWA as a budget line.
- Three sources found are YouTube videos with no retrievable text naming him.
Note on the arc
- 2022: supports funding for self-defense, opposes aid enabling occupation.
- 2024: use leverage, withhold OFFENSIVE weapons.
- 2026: cut $3.3 billion in Foreign Military Financing outright.
- Nothing in an initial search’s notes suggests he has disowned the earlier position; it is the same distinction drawn harder.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Lauren Peña (Republican)
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