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Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Anti-Israel candidate linked to ‘Blind Sheikh’ wins Democratic primary in New Jersey
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Adam Hamawy, a US Army veteran and trauma surgeon who is a fierce opponent of Israel, wins a crowded Democratic primary to succeed retiring Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman in central New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District.
Hamawy wins among a dozen candidates with the support of progressives like Senator Bernie Sanders, who endorsed Hamawy’s campaign in the heavily Democratic district.
He also had the backing of Illinois Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, who has said he saved her life when she was injured while they were both serving in Iraq.
Hamawy has faced scrutiny over his connections back in the early 1990s to Omar Abdel Rahman, the “Blind Sheikh” convicted on terrorism charges in 1995 linked to the World Trade Center bombing two years earlier and other plotted attacks.
The Times of Israel Community.