Rep. Thomas Massie: "We Should End All U.S. Military Aid to Israel"
The Kentucky Republican's call breaks sharply with his party's leadership and reflects a small but growing bipartisan push to condition aid.
Representative Thomas Massie, the libertarian-leaning Kentucky Republican known for breaking with his own party on spending and foreign policy, has called for ending all U.S. military aid to Israel — a position that puts him at odds with House GOP leadership but reflects a measurable shift in public opinion.
What he said
"We should end all US military aid to Israel." — Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), on X
Massie framed the position as a fiscal and constitutional argument: the United States, he said, has no business sending billions in weapons to any foreign government, and certainly not while running record deficits at home.
The numbers
- The U.S. provides Israel roughly $3.8 billion per year in military assistance under the current 10-year memorandum of understanding.
- Supplemental packages passed in 2024 and 2025 pushed total annual transfers above $17 billion at peak.
- Polling from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs shows 53 percent of Americans now favor "restricting" or "ending" military aid to Israel — a 14-point swing in three years.
The political coalition
Massie is one of a handful of Republicans — alongside Marjorie Taylor Greene on specific votes — who have joined progressive Democrats like Rashida Tlaib and Bernie Sanders in opposing unconditional aid. It remains a small caucus, but it is the largest such grouping in modern memory.
What's changing
Speaker Mike Johnson has so far blocked any standalone vote on conditioning aid. Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, however, confirm that bipartisan discussions on "human rights certification" requirements — modeled on existing law for Egypt — are quietly underway.
Sources: Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Congressional Research Service, X.
