A protest against Jamaal Bowman revealed the limits of progressive support for Palestine

Over the past several days, a New York-based Palestinian organisation has faced a slew of attacks for protesting a scheduled rally in the Bronx for progressive politicians Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman and Bernie Sanders.

The political rally came at a sensitive time for Bowman, who faces a serious primary challenger in George Latimer, a more centrist Democrat who has received the backing of Aipac, the largest pro-Israel lobby in America.

Within Our Lifetime (WOL), which organised Saturday's counterrally, had several demands for Bowman, namely to rescind his endorsement of President Joe Biden, stop equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism, and to recognise the Palestinian right to resist and the right for liberation.

Nerdeen Kiswani, founder of WOL, told Middle East Eye that they weren't calling on constituents to not vote for Bowman, but rather the rally was a call to hold him accountable after the congressman had branded himself as being pro-Palestine.

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