California Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna has become the first member of Congress to sign a pledge not to take money from pro-Israel lobbying groups. The PEACE Pledge stands for the Pledge to Enforce American law, Counter foreign influence, and End war crimes. It was created by the group Track AIPAC, which tracks political spending by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Rep. Ro Khanna: “It’s pretty commonsense. It means that we shouldn’t be sending our tax dollar money for foreign wars overseas. We should be spending it here at home. And it says that we shouldn’t be taking money from AIPAC or all of its affiliate PACs or bundled money from those organizations, and that we have to recognize the genocide that took place in Gaza.”

The PEACE Pledge includes a promise to support the First Amendment rights of people critical of the state of Israel, including supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement.