{"id":2206742,"date":"2024-03-26T16:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T20:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-bowman-backtracks-comment-calling-accounts-of-rape-in-israel-on-oct-7-propaganda\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T16:48:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T20:48:24","slug":"squad-member-bowman-backtracks-comment-calling-accounts-of-rape-in-israel-on-oct-7-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-bowman-backtracks-comment-calling-accounts-of-rape-in-israel-on-oct-7-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowman from the &#8216;Squad&#8217; retracts statement labeling reports of rape in Israel as &#8216;propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fsquad-member-bowman-backtracks-comment-calling-accounts-of-rape-in-israel-on-oct-7-propaganda%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=2206742&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--><p>Rep. Jamaal\u200c Bowman from New \u2063York is retracting statements he made about allegations of sexual assault during Hamas&#8217;s October 7 attacks\u2064 on Israel. Bowman had accused Israel of fabricating stories like beheaded babies and rape after a rally, but\u2064 later backtracked on his claims in \u2063a \u2064statement to\u2063 <em>Politico<\/em>. He\u2064 condemned Hamas for war crimes and supported Resolution 966 \u2063condemning \u200dtheir actions. Rep. Jamaal Bowman from New York retracted his \u200cstatements regarding allegations of sexual \u2062assault during Hamas&#8217;s\u200d October 7 \u200cattacks\u2063 on Israel. Initially accusing Israel of fabricating stories of atrocities, \u200cBowman later \u2063recanted\u200d his claims in a statement \u2064to Politico. He condemned Hamas for\u200c war crimes, supporting Resolution 966 that denounces their actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jamaal-bowman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jamaal Bowman<\/a> (D\u2013NY) is walking back some of his inflammatory rhetoric about the accusations of sexual assault during Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 attacks. At a rally after the attack on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a>, which claimed\u00a0the lives of more than 1,100 people, Bowman accused Israel of fabricating details, including that babies were beheaded and victims were raped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was propaganda used in the beginning of the siege,\u201d Bowman said, according to a video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@amyjvele\/video\/7302638999976283423\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> to TikTok on Nov. 17.\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s still no evidence of beheaded babies or raped women, but they still keep using that lie [for] propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When questioned by a <em>Politico<\/em> reporter on Thursday outside the House floor, Bowman refused to talk about it. He addressed the matter in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/03\/26\/congress\/bowman-house-israel-october-7-sexual-assault-hamas-00148426?nname=playbook-pm&#038;nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&#038;nrid=849aba7f-f4d5-44d1-8dff-3ca5fb878b65&#038;nlid=964328\">statement<\/a> to the outlet in which he backtracked his allegations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I said at this rally, what Hamas did on October 7th is a war crime and they must release all the hostages,\u201d Bowman said in the statement. \u201cThe UN confirmed that Hamas committed rape and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-seeks-to-change-age-of-consent-to-15\/\" title=\"France Seeks To Change Age Of Consent To 15\">sexual violence<\/a>, a reprehensible fact that I condemn entirely. I also voted yes on Resolution 966, which officially condemns the rape and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graphic-report-reveals-new-evidence-of-rape-sexual-violence-from-october-7-terrorist-attack\/\" title=\"New report uncovers fresh evidence of rape and sexual violence in October 7 terrorist attack\">sexual violence committed<\/a> by Hamas. So let me be clear, and ensure my words are not twisted: I always stand against sexual violence in all forms and stand for peace for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military has been adamant about the fact these incidents occurred, and on Oct. 16, 2023, the government showed dozens of reporters a 43-minute video of the attacks in which children were murdered. IDF Maj. Gen. Mickey Edelstein, who briefed the reporters after the viewing, said authorities had evidence of rape.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 14, 150 U.S. lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/11\/14\/house-members-footage-attack-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>attended a screening<\/a> of footage from the Oct. 7 attacks. It is uncertain if Bowman was in attendance. A United Nations envoy report published on March 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sexualviolenceinconflict\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/report\/mission-report-official-visit-of-the-office-of-the-srsg-svc-to-israel-and-the-occupied-west-bank-29-january-14-february-2024\/20240304-Israel-oWB-CRSV-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>found<\/a> there were \u201creasonable grounds to believe that multiple incidents of sexual violence took place with victims being subjected to rape and\/or gang rape and then killed or killed while being raped.\u201d Physicians for Human Rights Israel also published a paper last November highlighting the \u201csexual and gender-based violence\u201d that day.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman\u2019s criticism of Israel has lost him the support of J Street \u2014 a pro-Jewish lobbying group. Additionally, AIPAC has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/03\/aipac-israel-spending-democratic-primaries-00144552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pledged<\/a> to spend tens of millions of dollars to undermine pro-Palestinian candidates such as Bowman, and he faces a strong challenger in George Latimer for his seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) is retracting his controversial comments regarding sexual assault accusations amidst Hamas&#8217;s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. Bowman, after a rally following the attack that resulted in over 1,100 casualties, had accused Israel of concocting stories, alleging atrocities like beheadings of infants and rape<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2206743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP23334017037539-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP23334017037539-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206742","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}