“This national security memorandum will give the Biden administration much more leverage to ensure that every recipient of U.S. military assistance, including the Netanyahu government, has to make the commitment to use those weapons in compliance with international humanitarian law.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (Democrat, Maryland) praised a new National Security Memorandum issued by the President on Thursday that requires for the first time that countries receiving U.S. military aid provide written assurances in advance of receiving it that they will comply with international humanitarian law, and facilitate and not impede efforts to provide U.S.-supported humanitarian assistance to populations in conflict zones. National Security Memorandum on Safeguards and Accountability With Respect to Transferred Defense Articles and Defense Services [White House]