Advertisements In yet another signal to Democratic voters, especially progressive ones, Democrats selected pro-Israel fanatic Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) as the Ranking Member on the Middle East Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Making matters worse, Democratic leadership put two other AIPAC-tied Democrats—Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) and Wesley BellContinue Reading
Advertisements ReThinking Foreign Policy is one of 89 organizations that issued a joint statement in support of Rep. Ilhan Omar and condemning the party line House vote to remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC). For some background on what has been a relentless attack on Rep. OmarContinue Reading
Advertisements When Jamaal Bowman defeated Eliot Engel in a NY primary last year, there was some hope that the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee might be less hawkish on Israel-Palestine. Unfortunately, Gregory Meeks, Engel’s successor as chair of the HFAC, has made statements and taken positions thatContinue Reading
Advertisements Many people celebrated the defeat of Eliot Engel by progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman in the New York primary. That seat hasn’t been held by a Republican since 1949, so the primary is effectively the election. Bowman’s victory was a political earthquake in many ways, but one of the mostContinue Reading
Advertisements Five prominent Jewish, pro-Israel groups sent a letter earlier this week to House Democrats with a list of principles they hoped would guide the leadership in selecting a new chairperson for the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC). The current chair, Eliot Engel, lost his congressional seat to newcomer progressive,Continue Reading
