israel vs no israel; 

 

The primary season is winding down, but the battle over Israel within the Democratic Party continues.

Next week, in Florida’s 25th district, union organizer Oliver Larkin will face off against incumbent centrist Jared Moskowitz.

Moskowitz is one of Israel’s staunchest House allies. He’s backed by AIPAC, opposes any conditioning of military aid, vehemently opposes BDS, and has led resolutions condemning the United Nations for an alleged anti-Israel bias.

Larkin, who is an active member of the DSA, openly refers to himself as anti-Zionist. He calls for an end to the genocide in Gaza and the illegal occupation of the West Bank. He calls for the Palestinian right of return to be recognized and wants an immediate suspension of military aid.

“With respect to AIPAC—or with disrespect to AIPAC—they pull the United States in this direction where we’re now spending $1 to $2 billion a day, and we’re sending billions of dollars annually to Israel, which has heavily subsidized or universal health care and college education,” Larkin recently told Hamilton Nolan. “As our cost of living is growing exponentially higher, it is a bitter pill for people to swallow to see that there’s never a question of sending hundreds of millions of dollars for another foreign war. But when the question is why we’re not expanding healthcare, why we’re cutting Medicaid, or why there’s no affordable housing, or why there’s no investments in public transportation—people are no longer separating domestic and foreign policy.”

“It’s all of a piece together,” he continued..............more.........