The Democrats are embarking on a new move to limit American arms shipments to Israel after the victory in the midterm elections.
Members of the progressive wing in the House of Representatives are organizing to force a vote in the plenary next year on legislation that would sharply limit American arms sales to Israel, as reported on the Drop Site News website.
Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (Democrat from Illinois), the main initiator of the current Block the Bombs Act, held talks with minority leader Hakeem Jeffries regarding bringing the proposal to a vote in the plenary, and met with new members who were elected based on a platform of ending American support for Israel's military campaign in Gaza.
The Bomb Ban Act, which was submitted in 2025 and now has the support of 82 sponsors, would prohibit the president from selling, transferring or exporting certain weapons and security services to Israel.
Transfers of this type can only take place if Congress passes specific authorization legislation and Israel agrees to its terms.
According to critics, the measure targets specific categories of ammunition that are widely used in Gaza, but it does not amount to a comprehensive arms embargo.
The scope of any revised version submitted in the next Congress has yet to be determined.
However, the idea of a full embargo is also gaining momentum among progressives, including Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlib, and Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed.
The discussion is developing as Donald Trump says that the United States will stop sending Israel annual military aid worth about 4 billion dollars, arguing that Israel does not need it.
In addition to this, 12 Democratic senators demand that Congress remove from the 2027 defense bill articles that would deepen the cooperation between the United States and Israel in the fields of military technology, joint weapons production and advanced defense research.