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The Democratic Socialists of America’s BDS & Palestine Solidarity Working Group has called for the immediate expulsion of Rep. Jamaal Bowman after the New York congressman did not apologize for participating in a diplomatic trip to Israel, which the group characterized as “Zionist propaganda.”
Bowman, a far-left legislator who supports defunding the police, is one of several congressional Democrats who are DSA members.
The BDS & Palestine Solidarity Working Group stated in a Monday letter that anti-Zionism and support for “BDS” policies — boycotting, divesting and sanctioning the Israeli government and Israeli businesses — were non-negotiable stances for membership in the party. The Working Group’s call for expulsion comes after Bowman allegedly failed to conform to the party platform after a previous email warned Bowman of the group’s discontent.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., is one of several DSA members in Congress.
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“[W]e explicitly told Bowman that just like the propaganda trips sponsored by Zionist groups, Zionist propaganda events are carefully constructed to validate Zionism by advancing certain narratives that normalize Israeli apartheid and the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from historic Palestine,” the Monday letter stated.
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Bowman attracted the ire of DSA pro-Palestinian groups after attending an early November diplomatic trip to Israel sponsored by lobby group J Street.
“Last week, Congressman and DSA member Jamaal Bowman took part in a propaganda trip to Israel that was sponsored by J Street — a pro-Israel lobby group,” the group wrote in its original Nov. 17 complaint about Bowman.
Bowman, who is often lumped into the “Squad” with other left-leaning progressive Democrats, such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and
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