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\n TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 The war between Israel and Hamas is roiling a congressional primary election between two Democrats in New York, reflecting a divide that has splintered the party nationally since the conflict began last year.U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, one of several House liberals who have questioned the Biden administration\u2019s vigorous support for Israel\u2019s response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on civilians in southern Israel, is facing a tough challenge from centrist George Latimer, a top county official who entered the race with the backing of Jewish leaders in a mostly suburban district north of New York City.Bowman, a former middle school principal seeking his third term, has been one of the House\u2019s most critical voices on Israel. While he condemned Hamas\u2019 attack, he has said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. He was also among a few members of Congress who opposed a symbolic resolution to support Israel following the Oct. 7 attack because it didn\u2019t urge a cease-fire or push to protect Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n
Latimer, 70, has been a political fixture in the district for more than three decades and serves as the Westchester county executive after holding posts as a local and state legislator. He said Bowman\u2019s rhetoric on Israel was just part of the reason he hopped into the race. A bigger reason, he said, was that people want a more moderate, pragmatic representative than Bowman, who has sometimes been accused of being more concerned with his national profile than the district\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n
In a year when congressional races in New York are expected to play a pivotal role in determining who controls the House, this seat, which includes parts of the Bronx and Westchester, is expected to stay in Democratic hands regardless of who wins the June 25 primary.<\/p>\n
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Still, the result could give Democrats clues on how to frame their message in November, particularly on the war, and signal how crucial suburban districts might vote in the fall.<\/p>\n
In an interview, Bowman defended his position on Israel. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe same way there\u2019s no way I can support or condone the horrible attacks of October 7th, there\u2019s no way I can support or condone the genocide that\u2019s happening in Gaza right now,\u201d Bowman said. \u201cSo we\u2019ve got to speak even louder in the U.S. because Israel is supposed to be an ally, and they\u2019re not following international law.\u201dThat stance has put him at odds with much of the Democratic establishment and has resulted in a campaign to unseat him from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a major lobbying organization that is working to oust progressives who have criticized Israel.Bowman said the group is trying to \u201cbuy this race.\u201d \u201cThey\u2019re leveraging all of their resources to try to silence me or bully me and intimidate me into doing what they want me to do,\u201d he said.Bowman won office as a liberal insurgent in 2020, defeating U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, who had served 16 terms and was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Bowman\u2019s stance on Israel and Palestinians had been a minor issue in that race, too. Engel, who is Jewish, was a strong backer of Israel.<\/p>\n
But Bowman, who is Black, proved to be the candidate of the moment in an election year that featured major protests against racial injustice in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. His victory came just two years after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s shocking upset in a nearby congressional district over U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley, who at the time was the No. 4 Democrat in the House.In a potentially telling signal of where the Democratic Party is this year, former U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones, a progressive Democrat who entered Congress the same year as Bowman and served one term, recently chose to endorse Latimer in the race.\u201cI\u2019m making this endorsement to stand up for my Jewish constituents, because Representative Bowman and I have very different views on Israel,\u201d said Jones, who is trying to regain a seat in Congress after he lost his old district in a redrawing of congressional boundary lines. \u201cIt is really clear that Mr. Bowman is focused on doing his thing and, I would submit, not enough on how it is impacting the environment here in the Hudson Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n
The strategy largely mirrors the Democrats\u2019 political plans for New York\u2019s congressional races this year. The party has tried to move toward the center to attract suburban voters who are typically more moderate.Latimer, who has scored the endorsement of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, is happy to rattle off the names of local officials with whom he\u2019s worked and dive into the minutia of day-to-day governing \u2014 handling potholes, restoring a lighthouse and taking meetings about an issue at the local airport. \u201cIf I go to Washington, I\u2019m not going down there to be part of the verbal food fight. I\u2019m going to try to figure out how to be a productive congressman that gets what results you can get,\u201d Latimer said in an interview.<\/p>\n
Both candidates have supported a two-state solution and say they want peace in the region. But where Bowman is pointed on Israel\u2019s actions and wants a cease-fire, Latimer is clear in his support for Israel and said negotiating with Hamas is a nonstarter \u2014 though he said he won\u2019t give Israel \u201ca blank check\u201d on everything it does. \u201cI clearly support that there be a two-state solution and that we negotiate for peace,\u201d he said, but, \u201cdon\u2019t tell me, \u2018Cease fire now. Sit down, and let\u2019s negotiate,\u2019 when the guy I\u2019m negotiating with in Hamas is a terrorist organization that\u2019s committed to my destruction.\u201dBowman, aside from his views on Israel, raised his profile nationally when he triggered a fire alarm in a House office building as lawmakers were working on a funding bill last year. He said it was a mistake as he tried to open a locked door while rushing to vote, though House colleagues later censured him for it. Bowman said the fire alarm \u201ccomes up once every 200 conversations\u201d when he\u2019s back home, mostly when \u201colder moms in the district, older Black women literally slap me on the wrist and say, \u2018Stay out of trouble up there.\u2019\u201d Jimmy Hickey, a 60-year-old who lives in the district and works as a concierge at a co-op building, brought up the fire alarm unprompted when an Associated Press reporter asked about the primary \u2014 \u201cthat\u2019s childish,\u201d he said. Hickey said he\u2019s a registered Democrat but thinks the party has moved too far to the left. \u201cA guy like Latimer, he\u2019s still moderate,\u201d Hickey said. \u201cHe gets into Congress, he can work with people, get things done. The other guy, I don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n
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