End the blank check

Gaza, Israel & military aid

El-Sayed opposes blank-check U.S. military funding abroad, supports an arms embargo on Israel, and says American tax dollars must not fund what he calls a genocide in Gaza.

That money should not be spent in a billion dollars a day killing other people's children. It should be spent providing for our own.

WHAT HE HAS SAID

• Would work to end blank-check funding to foreign militaries, including Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, and spend those tax dollars here on schools and health care.
• Says U.S. tax dollars and American weapons are being used in a genocide in Gaza, in illegal West Bank and Jerusalem settlements, and in the attempted annexation of southern Lebanon. Says it has to end.
• Supports immediate, comprehensive enforcement of U.S. laws that condition military aid and sales, an immediate arms embargo on Israel, and rejects the false distinction between “offensive” and “defensive” weapons.

Primary sources

• Read the campaign position — Abdul for U.S. Senate

Last reviewed 2026-08-19.