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“The act of singling out Israel as BDS has done is the definition of discrimination,” he added. Torres highlighted two visits to Israel in 2015 and 2017. “I remember meeting a family in Sderot. And I had no concept of what it was like to live in a city that lives under the fear of rocket fire.” “I’m going to make the case that the progressive position is a two-state solution and promoting dignity for both the Israelis and the Palestinians,” he said. In the city of New York, Torres also laid into the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the influential group that backed Ocasio...

Ritchie Torres. Photo: Reuters / Brendan McDermid. An outspoken pro-Israel incoming progressive congressman will not be joining the left-wing “Squad” in the US Congress, partly due to their anti-Israel stances, he announced over the weekend. Ritchie Torres, who won his race in the South Bronx in the November elections, and is set to become the first openly gay Black or Latino man to serve in Congress, has been noted for combining strong progressive politics with support for Israel and Zionism. New York Post he said , “I came to observe that there are activists who have a visceral hatred...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, While flipping through cable channels late one evening, I stopped at the Jewish Broadcast Service. It was replaying an AIPAC policy conference panel from the pre-pandemic days, when we were able to congregate physically and interact. Amanda Berman of Zioness, who I had the pleasure of sitting ...