Today is primary day in New York and the marquee race is the effort by the Democratic establishment and the Israel lobby to destroy the political career of Rep. Jamaal Bowman because he dared to criticize Israeli “genocide” of Palestinians in Gaza.
The effort against a sitting congressperson, who is a member of the Squad, is now the most expensive in U.S. political history — with a mind-boggling $23 million-plus being spent on ads so far, almost all of that money being pro-Israel. Ads by the Israel-right-or-wrong group AIPAC hide its agenda, accusing Bowman of not supporting Joe Biden’s policy — putting the “entire economy at risk”. ….more
