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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

The Squad

Republican candidate Randy Fine, right, meets with supporters after the special election for US House District 6 was called in his favor, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Ormond Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
April 10, 2025, 1:21 pm
Newest Jewish congressman, GOP Rep. Randy Fine, calls Rashida Tlaib a ‘terrorist’
Florida Republican calls Michigan Democrat ‘a bad person. She’s not a terrorist sympathizer, she’s a terrorist’; declares some members of progressive Squad ‘shouldn’t be Americans’
By Andrew Lapin
US Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks during a news conference by the Congressional Progressive Caucus on the threat of default, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
August 14, 2024, 8:14 am
US Squad member Ilhan Omar wins Democratic primary in Minnesota
Progressive incumbent avoids fate of colleagues Bush, Bowman, will face Republican Iraqi-American journalist Dalia Al-Aqidi, who has cast Omar as pro-Hamas, in election in November
By AP and ToI Staff
Rep. Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, speaks May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
August 10, 2024, 2:40 pm
Why pro-Israel groups aren’t going after Ilhan Omar after helping oust others in Squad
Lobbies believe this year’s circumstances make a defeat of Omar by rival Don Samuels in Tuesday’s primary unrealistic
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic US Representative Cori Bush delivers her concession speech during a primary election watch party on August 6, 2024, in St Louis, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images/AFP)
August 9, 2024, 5:46 am
White House slams Cori Bush for threatening AIPAC to ‘tear your kingdom down’
Press secretary condemns far-left Democrat for quoting hymn addressed to Satan after primary loss to rival backed by the pro-Israel lobby group
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri pauses before her concession speech during a primary election watch party at Chevre Events on August 6, 2024, in St Louis, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images/AFP)
August 7, 2024, 9:55 am
‘Squad’ member Cori Bush loses primary that drew millions from pro-Israel groups
St. Louis county prosecutor Wesley Bell beats Missouri representative who supports BDS; Josh Shapiro says he’s ‘proud’ of his Jewish faith at Harris-Walz rally in Philadelphia
By Ron Kampeas, AP and JTA
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speak during a news conference at the US Capitol, May 8, 2024, in Washington, after police cleared an anti-Israel tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested demonstrators. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
July 3, 2024, 5:29 pm
Next up, Cori Bush: After Jamaal Bowman’s defeat, pro-Israel donors pivot to Missouri
An AIPAC-led campaign has set its sights on deposing the St. Louis congresswoman, another member of the far-left ‘Squad’ up for reelection, though success is far from a given
By Ron Kampeas
File: Rep. Jamaal Bowman at SUNY Westchester Community College, May 10, 2023, in Valhalla, New York (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
June 22, 2024, 7:21 pm
AIPAC leads unprecedented $14.5 million campaign against Bowman in NY primary
Squad member who accused Jerusalem of genocide will face off against Israel supporter George Latimer in the Democratic primary on Tuesday
By ToI Staff
Rep. Jamaal Bowman cries at a vigil outside the White House to demand that US President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, November 29, 2023. (Nathan Howard/AP Photo)
January 30, 2024, 9:33 am
J Street pulls Jamaal Bowman endorsement over anti-Israel rhetoric since October 7
Left-wing lobby group says Democratic New York Congressman, seeking reelection, has ‘crossed the line’ with his ‘framing and approach,’ including genocide accusation
By New York Jewish Week via JTA and ToI Staff
Rep. Jamaal Bowman from left, speaks alongside, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Jonathan Jackson and Rep. Cori Bush during a vigil with state legislators and faith leaders currently on hunger strike outside the White House to demand that US President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza on November 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
December 7, 2023, 4:26 pm
Bowman faces US Congress challenge after drawing fire over stance on Israel-Hamas war
George Latimer announces candidacy after visiting Israel, says progressive lawmaker ‘making news for all the wrong reasons’
By Luke Tress
Rep. Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat (right), speaks as Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, embraces her during a demonstration calling for an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza near the Capitol in Washington, October 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
November 5, 2023, 1:03 pm
Democrat critics of Israel could face primary challenges over stance on war
Alternate candidates emerging to run against Congress members seen as unfairly critical of Israel or insufficiently critical of Hamas since October 7 massacre
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, speaks during a pro-Palestinian rally at the National Mall in Washington, October 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
November 5, 2023, 12:21 am
Michigan Rep. Tlaib accuses Biden of backing Palestinian ‘genocide’
Palestinian-American Democrat urges president to call for ceasefire; claims chants of ‘from the river to the sea’ are ‘aspirational call for freedom and peaceful coexistence’
By Michael Horovitz and AP
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York attends a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2021. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
November 2, 2023, 6:11 am
Ocasio-Cortez calls AIPAC ‘racist and bigoted’ after it criticizes her Gaza stance
‘Squad’ member calls pro-Israel lobby ‘an extremist organization that destabilizes US democracy’; House rejects effort to censure Rashida Tlaib over her anti-Israel rhetoric
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Jamaal Bowman speaks during his primary-night party, June 23, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/ Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
February 17, 2022, 5:41 am
NY Rep. Bowman withdraws support for bill to promote Abraham Accords
Congressman, who has been less critical of Israel than fellow Squad members, tells constituents he’s now convinced the normalization agreements are designed to isolate Palestinians
By Ron Kampeas
In this April 20, 2021, photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks in Brooklyn Center, Minn., during a news conference at the site of the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer during a traffic stop. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
November 30, 2021, 3:22 am
Boebert refuses to apologize to Ilhan Omar for suicide bomber quip
Phone call between firebrand conservative and Democrat ‘Squad’ member does not go well, as Omar hangs up after Boebert refuses to expand on general apology to Muslims
By BRIAN SLODYSKO
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with a US Congressional delegation led by Rep. Rosa DeLauro in Jerusalem, November 9, 2021 (Haim Zach/GPO)
November 10, 2021, 12:35 pm
PM meets with US lawmakers, including some on J Street-sponsored trip
Bennett sits with bipartisan delegation and with Democrats on visit backed by dovish lobby after years of Netanyahu government boycotts; thanks legislators for Iron Dome funding
By ToI Staff
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