Democrat Jamaal Bowman OPPOSES MIDDLE EAST PEACE pulls support for Abraham Accords bill

Why does the far-Left hate the Abraham Accords? Because the Abraham Accords strengthens Israel. The Abraham Accords also weakens the terror state of Iran, as well as the terror financing and anti-Semitic Palestinian Authority. Rep Bowman’s decision was partly based on what he saw during a recent trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories. A trip that was organized by the anti-Israel hate group J Street.

Related – Pelosi’s problem: Progressives pan Israel peace deals – analysis

Remember when @USJewishDems congratulated Jamaal Bowman, saying they were “confident he is committed to the priorities of Jewish voters”?

Now, Jamaal Bowman is opposing the Abraham Accords peace agreements. #Pathetic https://t.co/sESGoOquXS pic.twitter.com/eWsF36ms3H

— RJC (@RJC) February 16, 2022

Disturbing to see @RepBowman oppose peace deals. The Abraham Accords knocked down barriers between millions, fueling dialogue, trade and progress. There is nothing progressive about opposing this tectonic shift toward openness and peace. Stand for peace, not more division. https://t.co/7BnjiDX953

— AIPAC (@AIPAC) February 16, 2022

Thank you @RitchieTorres! https://t.co/ydF24OTykD

— AIPAC (@AIPAC) February 16, 2022

Jamaal Bowman pulls support for Abraham Accords bill

Bowman told constituents in a letter his decision was driven partly by a recent J Street trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories

By Jewish Insider, February 16, 2022

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) plans to withdraw his support for and vote against bipartisan legislation aimed at strengthening and expanding the Abraham Accords, the congressman announced in a letter sent to constituents on Tuesday evening and obtained by Jewish Insider.

The Israel Relations Normalization Act has 328 House cosponsors, not including Bowman — 162 Democrats and 166 Republicans — and 72 in the Senate. The Abraham Accords, originally signed in September 2020, normalized relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, with Morocco and Sudan joining later. Bowman signed onto the bill in September 2021, following its introduction in April.

Bowman traveled to Israel and the Palestinian territories in late 2021 on a J Street-sponsored trip, meeting with both Israeli and Palestinian leadership. He explained in the letter that the trip contributed to his decision to pull his support of the bill.

“On this visit, I continued to dig deep and engage people directly on the ground, including high level Palestinian and Israeli government officials,” Bowman wrote in the letter. “While I originally co-sponsored the Israel Relations Normalization Act seeing it as an opportunity to make progress toward justice and healing in the Middle East as well as a path to a two state solution, my experience on the ground and further conversation with constituents led me to see that it is not the right step to fulfill these goals.”

Bowman added that he “became aware” that, in connection with the Abraham Accords, the U.S. agreed to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara and discuss the sale of advanced weaponry, including F-35 fighter jets, to the United Arab Emirates. The F-35 deal is currently on hold.

“In the end, it is my estimation that these actions will only escalate violence in the Middle East and make already vulnerable communities less safe,” Bowman said. “This agreement to normalize relations unhelpfully isolates Palestine and Western Sahara when what we need is a process that engages them.”

Marcus Frias, a spokesperson for Bowman, added in a statement to JI that the congressman “takes the thoughts and suggestions of his constituents very seriously and values their engagement with the legislative process.”

Bowman’s Israel trip, in addition to his vote in favor of $1 billion in supplemental funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system last September, raised the ire of some on the far left. The Democratic Socialists of America announced in December that it would not endorse Bowman in the 2022 midterms, following calls from some in the organization to expel him.

By contrast, some Jewish leaders in Bowman’s district had been encouraged by the congressman’s recent House vote as well as his visit to Israel, but his latest move seems to have erased much of that goodwill.

On Tuesday evening, a group of local rabbis expressed their dismay over Bowman’s reversal in a joint letter shared with JI. “Throughout 2021, culminating in a meeting in September, a number of the undersigned met with Rep. Bowman and his chief of staff to encourage his support for the Israel Relations Normalization Act,” the rabbis wrote. “We were pleased with the consideration given to the issue and felt encouraged by Rep. Bowman’s commitment to learning more about the complex dynamics of the Middle East. We were further heartened by the Congressman’s visit to Israel and the West Bank in November 2021.”

 

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