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(71,537 posts)"Progressive Congresswoman Cori Bush of Missouri could be on course to lose her upcoming primary election amid a Democratic divide over Israel.
Different factions of Democrats have been at odds over U.S. support for Israel as the country continues its assault on Gaza more than eight months after Hamas launched its October 7 attack on Israel. Israeli authorities say that around 1,200 Israelis were killed, while over 39,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, per the Associated Press.
Representative Jamaal Bowman of New York, who has been critical of Israel's war and is a member of the group of progressive Democratic House lawmakers known as "the Squad" like Bush, lost his primary election last month to a pro-Israel candidate backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
A poll released on Monday by The Mellman Group on behalf of Democratic Majority For Israel (DMFI), a PAC affiliated with AIPAC, suggests that Bush could be next. The poll found that the incumbent congresswoman's pro-Israel challenger Wesley Bell holds a 6-point lead in the August 6 primary, 48 percent to 42 percent."
https://www.newsweek.com/cori-bush-could-lose-primary-israel-divides-democrats-1931714
https://www.newsweek.com/cori-bush-could-lose-primary-israel-divides-democrats-1931714