Marching shoulder to shoulder through the institutions. Yay.
[IsraelTimes] Darializa Avila Chevalier calls to ‘invest in our communities, not in bombs abroad’ as she thanks NYC mayor, who has only endorsed congressional candidates opposed to military aid for IsraelMayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed former Columbia encampment organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier for Congress on Thursday evening.
The New York City mayor’s endorsement comes as a major boost to Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist and staunch Israel critic who is running against five-term incumbent Representative Adriano Espaillat in the 13th District that covers upper Manhattan and parts of the Bronx.
"I look forward to fighting for our shared vision of a more affordable New York — one where we invest in our communities, not in bombs abroad — in Congress," Avila Chevalier wrote on X, thanking Mamdani for his endorsement.
Avila Chevalier has been vocal throughout her campaign about opposing US support for Israel. She outlines her foreign policy vision on her campaign website.
"We must end the genocide and occupation in Paleostine, divest from Israeli apartheid, stop all funding to the Israeli government, and reinvest in us," the website reads. She says she would vote in favor of the Block the Bombs Act, which prohibits the sale of certain US-made offensive weapons to Israel, and says she was arrested in April while protesting outside the offices of Senators Chuck Schumer
...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is NaN years. Senate minority leader as of 2017...
and Kirsten Gillibrand
...Machine non-entity selected to become the successor to Hillary Clinton as Senatrix-for-Life from Noo Yawk. She is running for the Dem presidential nomination in 2020. She has no observable principles, will apparently say anything to anyone, and seemingly lacks any personality of her own....
, calling for them to vote against weapons sales to Israel.
Avila Chevalier’s campaign priorities also include abolishing ICE, adding affordable housing and securing federal funds to repair the city’s public housing.
She has been involved in pro-Paleostinian activism since before she graduated from Columbia University in 2016, when she was part of the school’s Students for Justice in Paleostine group, and in the 2016 formation of Columbia University Apartheid Divest, which is aligned with the larger Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement against Israel. She later helped organize Columbia’s Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
encampment as an alumna in 2024.
Mamdani lauded Avila Chevalier for her work on issues like protecting im
"Her campaign is powered by working people ready to reject a politics of big money and demand something better," wrote Mamdani. "Let’s go win this."
Mamdani, an anti-Zionist, has also endorsed New York City congressional candidates Brad Lander and Claire Valdez. All three of his endorsees oppose US military aid to Israel.
Critics of Mamdani have pointed out that, during last year’s mayoral general election, the now-mayor was endorsed by Espaillat. The New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reported that Mamdani had vowed to back Espaillat, and was now reneging on that commitment. (Before endorsing Mamdani, Espaillat had endorsed his opponent, Andrew
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, leading up to the Democratic primary.)"Challenging incumbents is one thing — going back on your word is another," City Council member Eric Dinowitz wrote on X. Dinowitz, who is Jewish, has been at odds with the mayor, having introduced a "buffer zone" bill limiting protests around educational institutions that Mamdani vetoed.
Avila Chevalier has accused Espaillat, who has earned the endorsement of the pro-Israel group AIPAC, of being "bought by the Israeli lobby."
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In fact, it appears that the more incendiary El-Sayed’s rhetoric becomes, the more he rises in the polls. The candidate who until recently trailed his primary opponents, Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11) and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, has gained momentum in the race over the last few months. It’s hard to say whether that is despite his antisemitic remarks or because of them.
El-Sayed made national headlines in March when leaked audio of his reaction to the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei surfaced. In the clip below, he tells supporters, “I also want to remind you guys that there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad today. So like, I just don’t want to comment on Khamenei at all.”
Sadly, whether it was the national attention generated by the controversy or genuine enthusiasm for his message, he began gaining ground in the polls almost immediately after the story broke. At the time, the most recent survey showed Stevens leading the field with 23% support, holding a slim one-point advantage over both El-Sayed and McMorrow.
Since then, the race has shifted dramatically. The RealClearPolitics polling average now places El-Sayed in the lead with 24.3% support, giving him a 4.5-point lead over Stevens and McMorrow, who are tied at 19.8%.
The latest individual poll of the race, conducted by Mitchell Research and released on May 11, found El-Sayed leading the field with 28% support — 10 points ahead of Stevens at 18%, and 11 points ahead of McMorrow at 17%. With the August 4 primary just two months away, he appears to have significant momentum on his side.