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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Nita Lowey

Illustrative: Israeli Jews and Palestinians talk to each other during a coexistence meeting in the West Bank, on July 22, 2015 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 4, 2022, 10:32 pm
US fills board that’ll dish out $250m for Israel-Palestine peace-building projects
Partnership for Peace Fund Advisory Board will be chaired by Palestinian-American lawyer George Salem along with other prominent figures in field from both sides of the aisle
By Jacob Magid
Israelis and Arabs demonstrate in support of coexistence in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 20, 2021, 10:18 pm
Mixed city rioting injects new urgency into peacebuilding push
Saying violence in Lod and elsewhere showed challenges of building shared society, organizers redouble efforts for sustainable long-term fund
By Jake Epstein
Then-Rep. Nita Lowey in the Capitol, October 16, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images via JTA)
March 10, 2021, 9:07 pm
Former NY Rep. Lowey: Cuomo shouldn’t quit until harassment probe complete
Veteran lawmaker, who has known NY governor since he was a teen, says she is ‘saddened’ by calls for him to resign before investigators have reported their conclusions
By Shira Hanau
Reps. Grace Meng of New York and Ted Lieu of California (Getty Images via JTA)
March 2, 2021, 8:45 am
Democrat lawmakers Meng, Lieu join anti-Semitism task force leadership
Taiwanese-American representatives, whose districts have large Jewish populations, replacing Jewish Congress members Nita Lowey, Eliot Engel
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: Israeli Jews and Palestinians talk to each other during a coexistence meeting in the West Bank, on July 22, 2015 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 22, 2020, 7:10 pm
US Congress approves $250m for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue programs in omnibus
Funds will go toward coexistence initiatives, projects to bolster the Palestinian economy; are part of a massive package combining COVID relief with 2021 spending
By Jacob Magid
Congressional candidate Josh Eisen holds a campaign sign tagged with anti-Semitic graffiti. (Screenshot from News12 via JTA)
October 17, 2020, 3:03 pm
NY Jewish congressional candidate’s signs vandalized with ‘Nazi lover’
Josh Eisen originally ran as Republican but faced allegations of racism, inappropriate conduct; reportedly once told wife of legal opponent she’d ‘bathe in warm semen of Mengele’
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: Israeli Jews and Palestinians talk to each other during a coexistence meeting in the West Bank, on July 22, 2015 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 25, 2020, 10:55 am
US House approves $250m for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue, business development
Initiative championed by Nita Lowey gives $50 million a year over five years, which breaks down over time to $110 million for coexistence programs and $140 million for investments
By JTA and ToI Staff
House Appropriations Committee chair Nita Lowey, a Democrat of New York, is questioned by reporters at the Capitol in Washington, March 13, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
July 9, 2020, 10:05 am
US House subcommittee advances $250m for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue programs
Sum in major bill, to be spread out over 5 years, also includes cash for Palestinian business development; proposal has bipartisan support despite Trump’s defunding policies
By Ron Kampeas
Mondaire Jones says that "Having been born and raised in Rockland County, I feel like I’m part of the Jewish family." (Courtesy of Mondaire for Congress via JTA)
July 2, 2020, 2:30 am
Mondaire Jones, Nita Lowey’s presumed successor, says he’ll be friend to Israel
The 33-year-old progressive, Black, gay candidate is determined to defy stereotypes and ‘be an independent voice,’ forging strong connections to large, diverse Jewish communities
By Shira Hanau
One of the graves at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery that bears a swastika. (Michael Field/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
May 26, 2020, 8:31 pm
US lawmakers urge removal of swastikas from POW graves in military cemeteries
House members call Nazi symbols on German soldiers’ tombstones ‘offensive to all the veterans who risked, and often lost, their lives defending this country’
By Marcy Oster
Democratic presidential candidate former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus, March 12, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP/Matt Rourke)
April 30, 2020, 3:26 am
As Biden sex assault claim builds, some Jewish women reconsider their support
Revelations pose a serious challenge to Jewish feminists who are desperate to oust Trump in November, but also don’t want to be dismissive of the accusations
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks at a campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina, February 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
February 21, 2020, 3:37 am
Two Jewish House members endorse Bloomberg after debate shellacking
Democratic representatives Lowey and Gottheimer back billionaire candidate after he takes a beating from rivals, signalling still strong support within party apparatus
By Eric Cortellessa
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-NY, a pro-Israel stalwart who chairs the powerful US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, led the introduction of a bill to restore funding to Israeli-Palestinian dialogue groups. Pictured in Washington on April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
November 29, 2019, 1:12 pm
Outgoing Rep. Nita Lowey: Worry over Dems’ waning support for Israel ‘overblown’
Episode #13: A veteran Jewish congresswoman talks about Israel and anti-Semitism * AJC campus director and Hillel Ontario head discuss Judaism on North American college campuses
By Yaakov Schwartz
Rep. Nita Lowey, Democrat of New York., during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
November 4, 2019, 4:00 am
Inside Nita Lowey’s surprise decision to retire from Congress
After 32 years on Capitol Hill, a pro-Israel stalwart says concerns over waning Democratic support for Israel are ‘overblown’
By Eric Cortellessa
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Nita Lowey (Democrat-New York) leaves a meeting with the House Democratic caucus on September 25, 2019, at the Capitol in Washington. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images via JTA)
October 10, 2019, 11:28 pm
Pro-Israel stalwart Nita Lowey won’t seek re-election to Congress
Jewish representative touts advancement of ties between America and the Jewish state among her accomplishments during time in the House
By Ron Kampeas
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