DSA is facing a major inflection point — and identity crisis — over Israel
The Democratic Socialists of America is facing a crisis over how it has responded to the conflict between Israel and Hamas due to its pro-Palestinian positions. | Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/APripped the New York chapter
The bloodshed and budding war in Israel are shining a brighter spotlight on tensions between the often younger, left-leaning DSA-backed politicians and their mainstream Democratic colleagues. In New York, several far-left Democrats boosted to elected office by the DSA condemned a pro-Palestinian rally in Manhattan that the New York City DSA had promoted but later distanced itself from. Attendees had chanted “resistance is justified when people are occupied” and one was shown displaying a swastika in a widely circulated photo.
Pro-Palestinian supporters rallied in Times Square and through Midtown Manhattan on Sunday. | Jason Beeferman/POLITICO After Raman criticized the national DSA’s rhetoric, Weaver pushed her further still to disavow the party. He was also swiftly rebuked by a fellow delegation member, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Jewish military veteran who offered full-throated support for Israel and said “de-escalation is not possible when taking hostages.”
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