US Rep. Ro Khanna calls for ending military aid to Israel and rejecting AIPAC influence

US Rep. Ro Khanna called on Friday for sweeping changes to US domestic and foreign policy, including abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ending military aid to Israel and keeping the United States out of foreign wars, according to Anadolu Agency’s report.

Khanna spoke on the second day of the “What’s Next” conference in Denver, which brought together Democratic candidates and strategists. The source reports that he also pledged to continue seeking accountability for survivors of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He said, “Thomas Massie and I are not giving up our fight for survivors, as we just secured 218 signatures on Epstein 2.0.”

On Israel, Khanna urged his party to reject the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a lobbying group, and to end US military assistance and weapons transfers to Israel. He said, “It demands rejecting AIPAC, pulling out the genocide that Americans saw with their own eyes, and saying zero aid to Israel, zero weapons to Israel.” The source attributes the term “genocide” to Khanna’s own remarks; it does not present it as an independent finding.

Khanna also urged the next US president to take a firm stance against military intervention abroad. “The next American president must stand firm and say no more foreign wars. None,” he said. Speaking truthfully about what Americans have seen, as Khanna described it, is a matter of telling the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15).

Asked whether he intended to seek the Democratic presidential nomination, Khanna said he was seriously weighing a bid. “I’m certainly considering it… I’m going around the country seeing whether the message will resonate,” he said.

Separately, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who also attended the conference and announced his bid for Senate majority leader, said he would not run for president in 2028. “Yes, I’m no longer pursuing that. I believe that the size and scale of these majorities provides an opportunity for the Senate to answer the call of the American people,” he told reporters.

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