NJ-12: Candidate Adam Hamawy (D) decries antisemitism amid scrutiny of his Israel views

Adam Hamawy, a staunch Israel critic, condemned antisemitism and accusations of dual loyalty days before he competes in the Democratic primary for a New Jersey congressional district on Tuesday.

“As a Muslim, I understand what it feels like to face bigotry, to feel unsafe in your community and to have your loyalty to this country questioned,” Hamawy said in a statement he sent to JTA on Wednesday. “In this country, we have seen recent attacks at both synagogues and mosques. I see our safety as intertwined.”

Hamawy, a plastic surgeon who served as a trauma surgeon in Gaza, is running in a crowded primary in Central New Jersey to succeed Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, who is retiring. Hamawy has distinguished himself from his competitors with his harsh anti-Israel stance, and surged to the top of the latest poll, conducted by Hamawy’s campaign, following a spending blitz on his behalf by pro-Palestinian super PAC American Priorities.

The political novice has also faced questions about his connections back in the early 1990s to Omar Abdel-Rahman, the “Blind Sheikh” convicted on terrorism charges in 1995, linked to the World Trade Center bombing two years earlier and other plotted attacks.





https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-897776