Darializa Avila Chevalier, a pro-Palestine political organizer, won the Democratic primary for New York's 13th congressional district, defeating a five-term incumbent, according to Middle East Eye. Chevalier said her campaign linked affordability for working-class New Yorkers with opposition to U.S. support for Israel's military campaign in Gaza.
Pro-Palestine organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated a five-term incumbent in the Democratic primary for New York's 13th congressional district, Middle East Eye reported Tuesday. In an interview with the outlet's Zahra Yarali, Chevalier described budgets as 'moral documents' and said her campaign linked economic justice—specifically affordability for working-class New Yorkers—with moral clarity in foreign policy, focusing on U.S. complicity in what she called 'Israel's genocide in Gaza.' The race marks a stark shift among Democratic voters, Chevalier told MEE, defined in part by opposition to Washington's backing of Israel's military operations. As The Zioneer previously reported, Chevalier is a progressive who has refused to recognize Israel's right to exist. She is slated to represent the district in Congress come November.
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