‘I promise I haven’t joined the Israel haters’: Brad Lander sits down with Haaretz
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Brad Lander discusses his congressional campaign and views on U.S.-Israel relations on the Haaretz Podcast.
Brad Lander said on the Haaretz Podcast that his resounding victory in the race for the Democratic nomination for Congress in a New York City district reflected a desire for a "reset in the U.S. relationship with Israel in the Democratic Party voting base – including in one of the most Jewish districts in the country." Lander won by more than 30 points in New York's 10th District, covering downtown Manhattan and western Brooklyn. His win over AIPAC-endorsed incumbent Dan Goldman was part of the primaries sweep by candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Like the other Mamdani-backed candidates, Lander campaigned on a platform opposing additional U.S. military aid to Israel and condemning AIPAC as being "dangerous." Lander said on the podcast that, once he is in Congress, he will support "steps I think will help shift away from what I see as a catastrophic 'hug Bibi' policy, which both Joe Biden and Donald Trump essentially adopted." At the same time, he told podcast host Allison Kaplan Sommer that he still considers himself a "liberal Zionist" with ties to Israeli peace groups, and that he opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The former NYC…
People in this episode
Host: Allison Kaplan Sommer
Guest: Brad Lander
Topics covered
- U.S.-Israel relations
- Democratic Party
- political campaigns
- progressive politics
- military aid
- Zionism
Keywords
- Brad Lander
- AIPAC
- U.S. military aid
- Zionism
- New York City
- Democratic nomination
- Israel
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: AIPAC, Haaretz, New York City, Zohran Mamdani
Places: New York's 10th District, Israel, Manhattan, Brooklyn
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