# Jamaal Bowman

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*Former U.S. Representative from New York; cited by John Kiriakou alongside Cori Bush as the second documented case of AIPAC successfully primarying an incumbent House member for criticizing Israeli conduct in the Gaza war.*

- **Former district:** New York congressional district (Westchester / Bronx)
- **Primary defeat:** After House floor remarks characterizing Israeli conduct in Gaza as massacre
- **Defeated by:** AIPAC-backed primary challenger

**Jamaal Bowman** is a former U.S. Representative from New York. He is cited by [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) alongside [Cori Bush](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/cori-bush) as the second documented case of [AIPAC](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/aipac) successfully primarying an incumbent House member following the member's House floor remarks characterizing Israeli conduct in the Gaza war as the *"wholesale massacre of Palestinian civilians and women and children."*[1][2]

> Jamaal Bowman in New York, out. Why? Because they said, you know, maybe the Israelis shouldn't be massacring all these women and children. Oh, how dare you. You must be anti-Semitic and they throw them out.[2]

## See also

- [AIPAC](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/aipac)
- [Cori Bush](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/cori-bush)

## Sources

1. Mossad, Terrifying CIA Technology, Blackwater & The Most Secret CIA Unit (2025-08-31), at 2:52:04. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3FxH39oYsA&t=10324s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2025-08-31-dalton-fischer-mossad-blackwater/
2. Mossad, Terrifying CIA Technology, Blackwater & The Most Secret CIA Unit (2025-08-31), at 2:52:37. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3FxH39oYsA&t=10357s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2025-08-31-dalton-fischer-mossad-blackwater/

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