Cori Bush loses Democratic primary after huge campaign by pro-Israel groups
Al JazeeraTwo-term representative defeated in a race that saw pro-Israel campaign contributions help to topple a member of US Congress’s left-wing ‘Squad’. United States Representative Cori Bush, a fierce critic of Israel’s war in Gaza, has lost her Democratic congressional primary, in a race that saw a massive influx of money from pro-Israel groups to defeat a member of Congress’s left-wing “Squad”. “I just hope he actually takes time to learn about our Palestinian, our Arab and Muslim community.” Bush’s defeat followed an onslaught by pro-Israel groups such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its affiliated Super PAC, United Democratic Project, which together poured about $8.5m to topple her. Bush introduced a resolution in Congress calling for a ceasefire in Gaza just weeks after the start of the war, saying Israel was waging an “ethnic cleansing campaign” in the Palestinian territory. She boycotted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint sitting of Congress last month, saying attending would be celebrating a “war criminal” at the forefront of a “genocide”.
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