2026-09-03 15:07:02 / 路透社
华盛顿9月3日电（路透社）——据路透社看到的一封信函显示，数十个民权和倡导组织敦促国会废除一项国防法案条款，该条款将深化美以军事技术合作。当前美国对这个长期盟友的怀疑情绪日益升温。
该条款将通过加速联合军事技术开发及其他伙伴关系，深化美以两国国防部门之间的合作。该法案已于7月在众议院获得通过，目前等待参议院审议。
这项属于2027年《国防授权法》的条款被称为第219节，旨在建立与以色列国防工业开展合资企业、许可协议以及在美国本土联合生产合作的框架。
在周四致众议院和参议院军事委员会领导人的信函中，56个组织表示，与以色列国防部门加深一体化“极其危险”，并敦促议员们删除该条款。
这些组织包括美国大赦国际、民权网络全国律师公会，以及阿拉伯和犹太倡导团体。
“在美国利益与以色列日益背离、美国公众舆论越发反对无条件支持以色列之际，为以色列在美国国防技术生态系统中创造新的影响力点是极其危险的，”这封此前未被报道过的信函称。
以色列是美国在中东最亲密的盟友之一，两国在国防和情报问题上广泛合作。支持者表示，深化合作有助于加快军事创新和技术开发。
以色列驻华盛顿大使馆发言人未立即回应置评请求。
但以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡在5月接受哥伦比亚广播公司采访时表示，他希望在十年内让以色列摆脱美国的军事支持。在6月致一名美国国会议员的信中，他写道，以色列“从援助接受国转变为合作伙伴”的时刻已经到来。
美国民众对以色列的支持率下滑
自2023年加沙战争爆发以来，美国民众对以色列的支持率有所下降，民主党选民中这一趋势尤为明显。奎尼皮亚克大学6月的一项民调显示，48%的选民和66%的民主党人认为美国对以色列的支持过于慷慨，而2017年首次提出该问题时，这一比例分别为16%和20%。
民主党选民对以色列的支持率大幅下滑，批评以色列的候选人在民主党初选中获胜，就连温和派议员也越来越愿意挑战美国数十年来对以色列的支持政策。
2023年10月7日，伊斯兰激进组织哈马斯对以色列发动袭击，造成近1200名以色列人和外国公民死亡，并劫持了数百名人质。据加沙卫生部门数据，此后以色列对加沙的持续军事打击已造成超过7.3万名巴勒斯坦人死亡。
信函批评以色列在加沙战争中可能违反国际人道主义法，以及在以色列占领的约旦河西岸不断升级的定居者对巴勒斯坦人的暴力行为。该信函称，此类事态发展应阻止任何深化军事合作的讨论。
一项每年向以色列提供38亿美元军事援助的谅解备忘录将于2028年到期，目前相关对话正在进行中，探讨美国在该日期之后对以色列的援助将如何演变。
部分国会议员已试图从2027财年《国防授权法》中删除该条款。肯塔基州共和党议员托马斯·马西和加利福尼亚州民主党议员罗·卡纳提出了一项阻止该条款的修正案，但未被纳入众议院版本的法案。
参众两院各自起草《国防授权法》版本后，两院议员将协商制定法案的折中版本，该版本必须在参众两院分别通过——通常在历年年底前后——才能提交白宫，由唐纳德·特朗普总统签署成为法律或行使否决权。
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Rights groups urge US lawmakers to drop provision to deepen defense ties with Israel
2026-09-03 15:07:02 / Reuters
WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Dozens of civil rights and advocacy groups are urging Congress to scrap a defense bill provision that would deepen U.S.-Israeli military technology ties, according to a letter seen by Reuters, at a time of growing U.S. skepticism toward the longtime ally.
The provision would deepen cooperation between the U.S. and Israeli defense sectors by accelerating joint military technology development and other partnerships. The bill passed the House of Representatives in July and awaits Senate action.
The provision of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, known as Section 219, seeks to set up frameworks for joint ventures, licensing agreements and U.S.-based co-production partnerships with the Israeli industry.
In Thursday’s letter addressed to leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, 56 groups said deeper integration with Israel’s defense sector would be “exceptionally dangerous” and urged lawmakers to remove the provision.
The groups include Amnesty International USA and the civil rights network National Lawyers Guild as well as Arab and Jewish advocacy groups.
“At a time in which American interests are increasingly diverging from those of Israel, and American public opinion is turning increasingly against unconditional support to Israel, creating new points of influence for Israel in the U.S. defense-technology ecosystem is exceptionally dangerous,” said the letter, which has not been previously reported.
Israel is one of Washington’s closest allies in the Middle East, and the two countries cooperate extensively on defense and intelligence issues. Supporters say deeper ties could help speed military innovation and technology development.
A spokesperson from the Israeli Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this story.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a May interview with CBS that he hoped to wean Israel off U.S. military support within a decade. In a June letter to a U.S. congressman he wrote that the time has come for Israel “to move from aid recipient to partner.”
U.S. PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL DECLINES
U.S. public support for Israel has fallen since the Gaza war began in 2023, particularly among Democrats. A June Quinnipiac University poll found 48% of voters and 66% of Democrats believe the United States is too supportive of Israel, up from 16% and 20% when the question was first asked in 2017.
Support for Israel among Democratic voters has plummeted, candidates critical of Israel are winning Democratic primaries and even moderate lawmakers are increasingly willing to challenge decades of U.S. support for Israel.
The Islamist militant Hamas group, in an October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, killed nearly 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals and took hundreds hostage. More than 73,000 Palestinians have since been killed in Israel’s subsequent assault on Gaza, according to Gaza health officials.
The letter criticizes Israel for its potential violations of international humanitarian law in its war in Gaza and rising settler violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It says such developments should prevent any discussion of deepening military ties.
A memorandum of understanding that provides $3.8 billion annual U.S. military aid to Israel is approaching its expiration date in 2028 and conversations are under way on how Washington’s assistance to Israel would evolve beyond that date.
Some members of Congress have already tried to strip the provision from the fiscal 2027 NDAA. Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democratic Representative Ro Khanna of California introduced an amendment to block it, but it did not make it into the House version of the bill.
Once the House and Senate write their versions of the NDAA, members of the two chambers work out a compromise version of the bill, which must pass both chambers – typically near the end of the calendar year – before it can be sent to the White House for President Donald Trump to sign into law or veto.
Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Additional reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Don Durfee and Howard Goller