Jeffries Refuses to Say If He Stands With Other Democrats on Opposing US-Israeli Military Integration
Truthout reports that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries refused on November 12, 2026 to say whether he supports removing a provision, opposed by 12 senators led by Chris Van Hollen and backed by Netanyahu, that would deeply integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries from the Pentagon budget bill. Jeffries called for dramatic change in the Middle East and the U.S.-Israel memorandum of understanding, while Ro Khanna seeks Section 219's removal and Bernie Sanders says Schumer's Israel stance makes him unfit for leadership.
