{"id":1972466,"date":"2023-07-13T19:25:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T23:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-congressman-to-boycott-israeli-presidents-joint-session-address\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T19:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T23:25:47","slug":"democrat-congressman-to-boycott-israeli-presidents-joint-session-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-congressman-to-boycott-israeli-presidents-joint-session-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Congressman to skip Israeli President&#8217;s speech."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-congressman-to-boycott-israeli-presidents-joint-session-address%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1972466&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0713\/7a0a2b7c-7af2-4a7a-bc17-8ae5ed7446ce\/audio.mp3?length=2650221&#038;duration=221\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Rep. Jamaal Bowman to Boycott Israeli President&#8217;s Address<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) announced on July 13 that he will boycott Israeli President Isaac Herzog&#8217;s address before a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigans-matt-sealy-explains-how-president-trump-has-several-paths-to-victorynever-count-donald-trump-out-video\/\" title=\"Michigan\u2019s Matt Sealy Explains How President Trump Has SEVERAL Paths To Victory\u2026\u201dNever count Donald Trump out!\u201d [VIDEO]\">joint session<\/a> of Congress next week.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he&#8217;ll be attending the July 19 address, Bowman firmly responded, &#8220;No.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe Israel has done enough to protect and uplift Palestinian rights and lives,&#8221; stated Mr. Bowman.<\/p>\n<p>He further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-political-director-rick-klein-calls-for-cleansing-pro-trump-movement\/\" title=\"ABC Political Director Rick Klein calls for \u2018cleansing\u2019 pro-Trump movement\">expressed concern<\/a> about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-exploits-colo-shooting-in-effort-to-get-gun-control-passed\/\" title=\"Biden exploits Colo. shooting in effort to get gun control passed\">escalating violence<\/a> in the region and emphasized that Palestinians are living under &#8220;occupation,&#8221; despite being under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman has been advocating for full citizenship for Palestinians in Israel and believes that a two-state solution is necessary to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, we are nowhere near achieving that,&#8221; added the congressman from New York.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Israel groups criticized Bowman&#8217;s decision to boycott President Herzog&#8217;s speech.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;J Street is aligned with the anti-Israel fringe. J Street&#8217;s &#8216;champion&#8217; @JamaalBowmanNY is boycotting the Israeli president&#8217;s speech to Congress. Undermining Democratic support for Israel&#8230; @jstreetdotorg is many things, but it&#8217;s not pro-Israel,&#8221; posted AIPAC on Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4183258\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/12\/29\/Israeli-President-Isaac-Herzog-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t\tIsraeli President Isaac Herzog waves as he arrives at Number 10 Downing Street in central London on Nov. 23, 2021. (Justin Tallis\/AFP via Getty Images)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>The Epoch Times has reached out to J Street, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-congressman-to-boycott-israeli-presidents-joint-session-address\/\" title=\"Democrat Congressman to skip Israeli President's speech.\">progressive organization highly critical<\/a> of Israel, for comment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Far-left radical Democrat @JamaalBowmanNY will boycott Israeli President Isaac Herzog&#8217;s speech to Congress, joining antisemite @IlhanMN,&#8221; the Republican Jewish Coalition said in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Remember when @USJewishDems congratulated Bowman and said they were &#8216;confident he is committed to the priorities of Jewish voters&#8217;? We do,&#8221; continued the RJC, referring to the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA), which congratulated Bowman on winning his first primary in 2020, upsetting incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), who was a pro-Israel Democrat member of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has reached out to the JDCA for comment.<\/p>\n<h2>Others to Skip Address<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Bowman joins Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) as the members of Congress who have said they will skip Mr. Herzog&#8217;s address.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No way in hell,&#8221; said Ms. Omar when asked by the startup online publication The Messenger if she will attend the address.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Summer Lee (D-Pa.), and Cori Bush (D-Mo.) declined to comment on their attendance for the speech. Like Mr. Bowman and Ms. Omar, these progressive Democrats have a history of being critical of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announc<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) announced his boycott of Israeli President Isaac Herzog&#8217;s upcoming address to Congress. When questioned about attending the July 19 event, he firmly responded, &#8220;No.&#8221; Bowman believes that Israel has not adequately safeguarded and empowered the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1797,"featured_media":1972467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1972466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}