{"id":31143,"date":"2024-08-20T03:59:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T08:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=31143"},"modified":"2024-08-20T03:59:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T08:59:17","slug":"bowman-wants-harris-to-support-an-arms-embargo-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=31143","title":{"rendered":"Bowman wants Harris to support an arms embargo on Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rep. Jamaal Bowman\u2002<\/u><\/a>(D-N.Y.) said Monday that he\u2019s hoping Vice President Harris will call for a U.S. arms embargo on Israel before November\u2019s election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowman, an outspoken critic of Israel\u2019s conduct in the war with Hamas, noted that Harris has already taken a more aggressive position on the conflict than President Biden\u2002<\/u><\/a>has \u2014 at least rhetorically. He said her next step, as she vies to succeed Biden in the Oval Office, should be to endorse a pause in U.S. weapons sales to Tel Aviv for the sake of protecting Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe was the first to say ceasefire \u2013 she\u2019s said it multiple times. An arms embargo\u2019s the next step,\u201d Bowman said during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. \u201cAnd so I would like to hear her say that before the election, absolutely. Is she going to say it? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israel-Hamas conflict has divided Democrats for years \u2014 a clash that\u2019s been only exacerbated by Hamas\u2019s terrorist attack of Oct. 7 and Israel\u2019s aggressive military response. The tensions have been on display in Chicago this week, where thousands of pro-Palestinian activists have gathered to press Biden, Harris and Democrats on Capitol Hill to quit their support for Israel\u2019s ongoing operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowman, who lost his primary race this year in a contest hinging largely on his sharp criticisms of Israel, emphasized that he doesn\u2019t think Harris will take such a position in her keynote speech on Thursday, when she\u2019s scheduled to accept the Democrats\u2019 presidential nomination. But he\u2019s hoping she\u2019ll adopt such a policy before November to send a message that party leaders are listening to the concerns of pro-Palestinian base voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf she\u2019s going to say \u2018arms embargo\u2019 on Thursday it would break the internet. I don\u2019t think she\u2019s going to say that, personally,\u201d Bowman said. \u201cMaybe at some point she does, because I\u2019m very concerned with how we look on a global scale. The entire international community, a majority of it, are opposed to what Israel is doing in Gaza. And we keep sending them tens of billions of dollars to continue to do it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowman said he has not joined the protestors outside the convention, saying he\u2019s spending his time in Chicago with family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut of course you know I\u2019m with them 100 percent,\u201d he quickly added. \u201cWe need them to hold us accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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