Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
After visiting Israel last week, Westchester County Executive George Latimer on Monday filed paperwork to launch a primary challenge against Democratic New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman , a critic of the Israel i government and its devastating war on the Gaza Strip.
At least hundreds of those killings have come after the seven-day pause in fighting that ended late last week.Responding to Latimer's filing on Monday, Slate's Alex Sammon said, 'There it is: after weeks of unnecessary hemming and hawing , George Latimer is challenging Jamaal Bowman, aiming to one of the party's rising stars as a 70-year-old white freshman congressman.
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