Josh Ruebner talks about how Israel factored into the 2022 U.S. midterm elections and what we should expect from the new congress on Palestine.
Control of Congress remains up in the air following the 2022 U.S. Midterm elections but the outcome still has some interesting implications for Palestine advocacy.
After failing to oust her in the primaries, AIPAC fell to Summer Lee in the PA-12 general election as well. “They are losing a generational battle here,” says Justice Democrats’ Waleed Shahid.
It is no surprise that Israel, and particularly BDS, has become a hot-button issue in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th district.
Let’s take a look at the wild Democratic primary happening in New York’s 10th district
Polling shows Democrats support BDS by three to one, but Rep. Jerry Nadler said last night that he has stopped BDS from getting a “foothold” among progressives in Congress, and that only a Jew with his seniority can do that. Nadler bragged of supporting Israel since he was 8 years old.
Political action committees linked to pro-Israel lobby groups are spending more in Democratic primary elections than ever before. But what are the results?
Rep. Henry Cuellar has declared victory in Texas’s 28th congressional district despite the fact that the runoff was too close to call on Wednesday morning. AIPAC spent nearly $2 million on the anti-choice, NRA-backed Democrat in Texas’s 28th district. It looks like it narrowly paid off.
Two Democratic primaries in Pennsylvania this week were particularly instructive for advocates of Palestinian freedom and rights but carried very different lessons.
A recent poll showed Summer Lee up by 25 points in Pennsylvania’s 12th District Democratic primary, but that lead quickly shrank as Israel lobby groups pumped more than $3 million into the race.