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Press Release يوليو 23, 2026 · GSF Media Team

Global Sumud Flotilla Demands US Senate Block Treasonous Legislation Surrendering US Military Sovereignty to israel

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In what represents an unprecedented, total surrender of national sovereignty, the U.S. House of Representatives has officially passed the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8800). Hidden within this legislation sits Section 219, a corporate and military integration mechanism originally written as the FUTURES Act, which codifies the direct, structural merger of the U.S. armed forces and defense technology infrastructure with the military-industrial apparatus of the State of Israel.

The Global Sumud Flotilla issues an immediate, global call to action to expose this act of absolute political betrayal, demand immediate accountability from the United States Senate, and call on the American public to confront their elected officials before this existential measure is codified into law.

A BETRAYAL OF SOVEREIGNTY AND PUBLIC TRUST

Section 219 does not merely authorize foreign aid, it embeds foreign control directly into the core of American national defense. Under this mandate, the Secretary of Defense must designate a dedicated Pentagon "executive agent" to synchronize U.S. military research, procurement, supply chains, artificial intelligence networks, quantum computing, targeting data fusion, and autonomous weapons systems with Israeli military command.

For millions of Americans, handing foreign officials direct access and institutional control over sovereign military intelligence and defense infrastructure represents a gross breach of public trust and constitutional duty. In any standard national security framework, surrendering state defense systems and military innovation to an external power amounts to systemic treason.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly bragged publicly about his personal ability to manipulate U.S. political leadership and shape American foreign policy. Section 219 marks the ultimate realization of that boast: a legally binding statutory mechanism that guarantees Israeli state leverage over Pentagon decision-making in perpetuity.

THE AIPAC SLUSH FUND: FOREIGN INFLUENCE UNCHECKED

This unprecedented breach of national independence did not happen by accident. It was bought. For decades, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and its affiliated Super PACs have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into primary challenges, congressional races, and political campaigns to purchase the absolute loyalty of U.S. lawmakers.

● The Reality: AIPAC acts as an overt agent of a foreign government's military objectives, driving policy that strips Americans of institutional control.

● The Loophole: AIPAC continues to exploit dark-money loopholes to operate without registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

American foreign policy and national defense logic are no longer dictated by the interests of the American people, but by a foreign lobby buying domestic votes to shield an apartheid state from international law.

CALL TO ACTION: BLOCK SECTION 1217 IN THE SENATE

The House has capitulated, blocking bipartisan floor debate and forcing Section 219 through within a "must-pass" military funding bill. However, this bill is NOT yet law. The fight now shifts entirely to the United States Senate, where the companion measure (Section 1217 in S. 4784) remains stalled. The Global Sumud Flotilla calls upon all civil society groups, human rights organizations, veteran networks, and conscientious members of the public to flood the Senate immediately.

WHAT YOU MUST DO RIGHT NOW:

  1. CONTACT YOUR SENATORS: Demand an immediate, explicit commitment to VOTE NO on S. 4784 unless Section 1217 / Section 219 is completely stripped from the National Defense Authorization Act during Senate deliberations and upcoming conference negotiations.
  2. EXPOSE THE TREASON: Name this legislation for what it is: a bought-and-paid-for surrender of defense sovereignty to a foreign power carrying out state-sanctioned war crimes.
  3. DEMAND FARA COMPLIANCE: Demand congressional investigations into AIPAC's political spending and insist on their immediate registration as a foreign agent.

For the United States Congress to permanently embed israeli military machinery into its own command architecture, at the bidding of a foreign lobby, is an act of gross complicity and an unforgivable betrayal of the public trust. The Senate must kill Section 1217 before it is codified into law.

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