At their February 13, 2025 central committee meeting, the Multnomah County Democratic Party passed a resolution calling for the enforcement of the ban on using US weapons that violate human rights. The resolution:

• Cites relevant planks from the party’s 2025-26 platform supporting diplomacy, human rights, and condemning denial of humanitarian aid.
• Focuses on US weapons being supplied to Israel that have allegedly been used to kill civilians in Gaza and Lebanon.
• Argues that such arms transfers violate US law, including the Foreign Assistance Act and Arms Export Control Act.
• References Senator Jeff Merkley’s (OR) vote with 18 other senators in November 2024 supporting resolutions to stop weapons transfers to Israel.
• Draws attention to International Criminal Court arrest warrants issued on November 21, 2024, for both Hamas military commander Diab Ibrahim al-Masri and Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes.

What You Can Do

• Contact your federal legislators in both houses to support legislation preventing weapons transfers to Israel while they violate human rights.
• Contact your federal legislators in both houses, asking them to reintroduce and support the Resolutions of Disapproval to end weapons transfers.
• Thank US Senator Jeff Merkley for his stance and leadership on the issue.

Link to the Full Resolution

Chief Resolution Sponsors
The document was submitted by the Foreign Policy Study Group members of the Multnomah Democrats.

• Faith Ruffing, Lead 
• Lurelle Robbins
• Ethan Scarl
• Au Nguyen
• Mary Emerson
• George Hough
• Sally Joughin
• Nancy Hedrick
• Rod Such
• Peter Miller
• Linda Livermore
• Julia Ford
• Layla Assem
• Brian Jensvold
• Sam Kahl
• Nader Absood
• Marc Rose
• Grant Vermillion
• David Linn