Dan Sullivan

In February 2025, Sullivan introduced the United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025 to expand bilateral cooperation on unmanned systems, emerging defense technologies, cybersecurity, missile defense, anti-tunneling capabilities, and the War Reserves Stockpile Authority for Israel. Sullivan said the broader package demonstrated that the United States stands firmly with Israel.

In August 2024, Sullivan criticized the Biden administration for delaying weapons and military equipment approved for Israel. He said the United States should signal full support as Israel sought to reestablish deterrence and called the delay unacceptable and dangerous.

During a bipartisan congressional delegation visit to Israel in October 2023, Sullivan said that the United States would defend Israel as its friend and ally and warned Iran against widening the conflict.

In February 2024, Sullivan voted for a foreign assistance package that included military aid for Israel. He argued that the United States must support allies facing aggression and that American credibility could not be separated across threats involving Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan.

On April 15, 2026, Sullivan voted against motions to discharge S.J. Res. 32 and S.J. Res. 138, which would have advanced resolutions blocking proposed sales to Israel of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers and 1,000-pound bomb bodies and related support. Both motions failed.

In May 2025, Sullivan joined 50 other Senate Republicans in urging the administration to secure an agreement requiring the full dismantlement of Iran's nuclear program. The letter called for permanently eliminating Iran's ability to enrich uranium and warned against another agreement resembling the JCPOA.

In June 2025, Sullivan supported U.S. military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. He argued that the Iranian regime could not be permitted to acquire a nuclear weapon.

In February 2025, Sullivan introduced the Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act to strengthen sanctions on Iran's energy exports and the foreign entities enabling them. He said Iran had used oil revenue to spread terror across the Middle East and in Israel and argued that the United States must cut off resources supporting the regime and its proxies.

In April 2024, Sullivan and Senator Richard Blumenthal urged the administration to enforce stronger sanctions against Iran following Iran's direct attack on Israel and repeated attacks by Iranian-backed proxies on Israel and U.S. Navy vessels.

After visiting Israel in October 2023, Sullivan said there was no moral equivalence between Hamas's deliberate attacks on civilians and Israel's military response in self-defense. He described Hamas's conduct as barbaric and argued that the international community must distinguish between terrorism and a country defending its existence.

On October 7, 2023, Sullivan condemned Hamas's assault on Israel as a disgraceful attack involving indiscriminate rocket fire and attacks on Israeli civilians. He said that America stood with Israel as it responded and warned that those responsible should face severe consequences.

On the first anniversary of the attack, Sullivan described it as the worst terrorist attack in Israel's history and a horrendous massacre that killed approximately 1,200 people. He called for the immediate and unconditional release of the remaining hostages and reaffirmed support for Israel's right to exist in peace and security.

In October 2023, Sullivan addressed a gathering organized by the Alaska Jewish Campus following the Hamas attacks and asked Alaskans to recommit themselves to ending antisemitism in all its forms. He expressed solidarity with Alaska's Jewish community and said Americans must continue confronting antisemitism and terrorism.

In July 2025, Sullivan became a cosponsor of S. 558, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025. The bill would require the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism when investigating Title VI discrimination complaints.

In December 2023, Sullivan published an opinion piece after encountering an anti-Israel protest inside Harvard University's Widener Library. He questioned whether Jewish and Israeli students would feel welcome or instead intimidated and harassed, criticized Harvard's leadership for permitting the disruption, and said he intended to work with Congress to hold university leaders accountable.

In April 2024, Sullivan joined 26 other senators in urging the Department of Justice and Department of Education to take immediate action to protect Jewish students facing antisemitic threats and harassment. The senators argued that universities failing to protect Jewish students could lose access to federal funding.

In May 2024, Sullivan joined a bipartisan group of senators in urging President Biden to oppose potential International Criminal Court action against Israeli officials. The senators argued that the ICC should not interfere with Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas.

Later that month, Sullivan introduced legislation to end U.S. funding for and cooperation with the International Criminal Court after the court sought arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. Sullivan called the decision a false moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas and said congressional condemnation should be followed by concrete action.